48 Yet in this will you be admirable to the Most High, (WEB) 49 in that you have humbled yourself, as it becomes you, and have not judged yourself among the righteous, so as to be much glorified. (WEB) 50 For many grievous miseries will fall on those who dwell in the world in the last times, because they have walked in great pride. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:48–50
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