17 therefore I will begin to pray before you for myself and for them; for I see the failings of us who dwell in the land; (WEB) 18 but I have heard the swiftness of the judgment which is to come. (WEB) 19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my saying, and I will speak before you.” The beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up. He said, (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:17–19
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Job 34:15–17
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