23 The sons also of Agar who seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding—none of these have known the way of wisdom or remembered her paths. (WEB) 24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession! (WEB) 25 It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable. (WEB)
Baruch 3:23–25
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