1 And I answered and said: How can we forget those for whom woe is then reserved? (2BA) 2 And why therefore do we again mourn for those who die? Or why do we weep for those who depart to Sheol? (2BA) 3 Let lamentations be reserved for the beginning of that coming torment, And let tears be laid up for the advent of the destruction of that time. (2BA)
2 Baruch 52:1–3
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