36 For we who have received the law will perish by sin, along with our heart which received it. (WEB) 37 Notwithstanding the law doesn’t perish, but remains in its honor.” (WEB) 38 When I spoke these things in my heart, I looked around me with my eyes, and on my right side I saw a woman, and behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in mind. Her clothes were torn, and she had ashes on her head. (WEB)
2 Esdras 9:36–38
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