36 To them, Jeremiel the archangel answered, ‘When the number is fulfilled of those who are like you. For he has weighed the world in the balance. (WEB) 37 By measure, he has measured the times. By number, he has counted the seasons. He won’t move or stir them until that measure is fulfilled.’” (WEB) 38 Then I answered, “O sovereign Lord, all of us are full of ungodliness. (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:36–38
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