2 Esdras 15:50-53
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50 And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over thee.
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51 Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive thee.
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52 Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the Lord,
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53 If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of thine hands, and saying over their dead, when thou wast drunken,