THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims

The Fourth Book of Esdras (Author Esdras)

4:23For I meant not to aske of thy superiour thinges, but of those that passe by vs dayly. For what cause Israel is geuen into reproche to the gentiles, the people whom thou hast loued, is geuen to impious tribes, & the law of our fathers is brought to destruction, & the written ordinances are no where:



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