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2 Esdras 8:38-42 World English Bible (WEB)

38. For indeed I will not think on the fashioning of them which have sinned, or their death, their judgement, or their destruction;

39. but I will rejoice over the framing of the righteous, their pilgrimage also, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.

40. Like therefore as I have spoken, so shall it be.

41. For as the husbandman sows much seed upon the ground, and plants many trees, and yet not all that is sown shall come up in due season, neither shall all that is planted take root: even so they that are sown in the world shall not all be saved.

42. I answered then and said, if I have found favor, let me speak before you.

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