52 If you have just a few precious stones, will you add them to lead and clay?” (WEB) 53 I said, “Lord, how could that be?” (WEB) 54 He said to me, “Not only that, but ask the earth, and she will tell you. Defer to her, and she will declare it to you. (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:52–54
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