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2 Esdras 16:51-62 World English Bible (WEB)

51. Therefore be you⌃ not like thereto, nor to the works thereof.

52. For yet a little while, and iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth, and righteousness shall reign over us.

53. Let not the sinner say that he has not sinned: for he shall burn coals of fire upon his head, which says, I have not sinned before God and his glory.

54. Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations, their thoughts, and their hearts.

55. Who said, Let the earth be made; and it was made: Let the heaven be made; and it was made.

56. And at his word were the stars established, and he knows the number of the stars.

57. Who searcheth the deep, and the treasures thereof; he has measured the sea, and what it contains.

58. Who has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word has he hanged the earth upon the waters.

59. Who spreadeth out the heaven like a vault; upon the waters has he founded it.

60. Who has made in the desert springs of water, and pools upon the tops of the mountains, to send forth rivers from the height to water the earth.

61. Who framed man, and put a heart in the midst of the body, and gave him breath, life, and understanding,

62. yes, the spirit of God Almighty. He who made all things, and searcheth out hidden things in hidden places,