10 For all healthinesses of this time are turning into diseases, (2BA) 11 And all might of this time is turning into weakness, And all the force of this time is turning into impotence, (2BA) 12 And every energy of youth is turning into old age and consummation. And every beauty of gracefulness of this time is turning faded and hateful, (2BA)
2 Baruch 83:10–12
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2 Baruch 83:15–17
15 And every delight and joy of this time is turning to worms and corruption, (2BA) 16 And every clamour of the pride of this time is turning into dust and stillness. (2BA) 17 And every possession of riches of this time is being turned into Sheol alone, (2BA)
2 Baruch 21:13–15
13 those who have been righteous. For if there were this life only, which belongs to all men, nothing could be more bitter than this, (2BA) 14 For of what profit is strength that turns to sickness, Or fullness of food that turns to famine, Or beauty that turns to ugliness. (2BA)
2 Esdras 14:9–11
9 for you will be taken away from men, and from now on you will live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times have ended. (WEB) 10 For the world has lost its youth, and the times begin to grow old. (WEB) 11 For the age is divided into twelve parts, and ten part… (WEB)
2 Esdras 14:16–18
16 For worse evils than those which you have seen happen will be done after this. (WEB) 17 For look how much the world will be weaker through age, so much that more evils will increase on those who dwell in it. (WEB) 18 For the truth will withdraw itself further off, and falsehood… (WEB)
2 Baruch 83:19–21
19 And every artifice and craftiness of this time is turning into a proof of the truth, (2BA) 20 And every sweetness of unguents of this time is turning into judgement and condemnation, (2BA) 21 And every love of lying is turning to contumely through truth. (2BA)
2 Baruch 48:34–36
34 And there shall be many rumours and tidings not a few, And the doings of phantasmata shall be manifest, And promises not a few be recounted. Some of them (shall prove) idle, And some of them shall be confirmed. (2BA) 35 And honour shall be turned into shame, And streng… (2BA)
2 Baruch 31:4–5
4 Forget not Zion, But hold in remembrance the anguish of Jerusalem. (2BA) 5 For lo! the days come, When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption And be as though it had not been. (2BA)
Sirach 14:16–18
16 Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades. (WEB) 17 All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!” (WEB) 18 Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree, some it sheds, and some grow, so also a… (WEB)
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