30 For I have seen how you endure them sinning, and have spared those who act ungodly, and have destroyed your people, and have preserved your enemies; (WEB) 31 and you have not shown how your way may be comprehended. Are the deeds of Babylon better than those of Zion? (WEB) 32 Or is there any other nation that knows you beside Israel? Or what tribes have so believed your covenants as these tribes of Jacob? (WEB)
2 Esdras 3:30–32
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