53 The root of evil is sealed up from you. Weakness is done away from you, and death is hidden. Hell and corruption have fled into forgetfulness. (WEB) 54 Sorrows have passed away, and in the end, the treasure of immortality is shown. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:53–54
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