2 Esdras 14:13-21
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13 Now therefore set thine house in order, and reprove thy people, comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce corruption,
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14 Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,
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15 And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and haste thee to flee from these times.
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16 For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.
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17 For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.
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18 For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand: for now hasteth the vision to come, which thou hast seen.
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19 Then answered I before thee, and said,
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20 Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people which are present: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? thus the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.
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21 For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.