1 And the Lord said unto me: 'This city shall be delivered up for a time, And the people shall be chastened during a time, And the world will not be given over to oblivion. (2BA) 2 [Dost thou think that this is that city of which I said: "On the palms of My hands have I graven (2BA) 3 thee"? This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which was prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed it to Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as (2BA)
2 Baruch 4:1–3
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Tobit 13:8–10
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Jeremiah 23:38–40
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Jeremiah 32:30–32
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2 Esdras 6:17–19
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