9 Nevertheless now I have only asked you about the fire, wind, and the day, things which you have experienced, and from which you can’t be separated, and yet you have given me no answer about them. ” (WEB) 10 He said moreover to me, “You can’t understand your own things that you grew up with. (WEB) 11 How then can your mind comprehend the way of the Most High? How can he who is already worn out with the corrupted world understand incorruption?” When I heard these things, I fell on my face (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:9–11
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