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2 Esdras 10:22

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22our harp has been laid low, our song has been silenced, and our rejoicing has been ended; the light of our lampstand has been put out, the ark of our covenant has been plundered, our holy things have been polluted, and the name by which we are called has been almost profaned; our childrenh have suffered abuse, our priests have been burned to death, our Levites have gone into exile, our virgins have been defiled, and our wives have been ravished; our righteous meni have been carried off, our little ones have been cast out, our young men have been enslaved and our strong men made powerless.*

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Footnotes

  1. hEthiop free men
  2. iSyr our seers

Cross references

  1. *Isa 24:8; Lam 5:10–18; Ezek 7:21; 1 Macc 1:21