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48 And as for her saying to you, “My son died as he entered his wedding-chamber”, and that misfortune had overtaken her,[a] this was the destruction that befell Jerusalem. 49 So you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to console her for what had happened.[b] 50 For now the Most High, seeing that you are sincerely grieved and profoundly distressed for her, has shown you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her beauty.

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  1. 2 Esdras 10:48 Or him
  2. 2 Esdras 10:49 Most Lat Mss and Arab 1 add These were the things to be opened to you

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