2 Esdras 4:24

2 Esdras 4:24 Context

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. ²⁵What will he then doe vnto his Name, whereby we are called? of these things haue I asked. ²⁶Then answered he me, and said, The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt marueile, for the world hasteth fast to passe away,

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