2 Esdras 4:22

2 Esdras 4:22 Context

²⁰Then answered he me and said, Thou hast giuen a right iudgment, but why iudgest thou not thy selfe also? ²¹For like as the ground is giuen vnto the wood, & the sea to his floods: euen so they that dwell vpon the earth may vnderstand nothing, but that which is vpon the earth: and hee that dwelleth aboue the heauens, may onely vnderstand the things that are aboue the height of the heauens. ²²Then answered I, and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, let me haue vnderstanding. ²³For it was not my minde to be curious of the high things, but of such as passe by vs dayly, namely wherefore Israel is giuen vp as a reproch to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loued, is giuen ouer vnto vngodly nations, and why the Lawe of our forefathers is brought to nought, and the written Couenants come to none effect. ²⁴And wee passe away out of the world as grassehoppers, and our life is astonishment and feare, and we are not worthy to obtaine mercie.

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