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2 Esdras 9:5-11 World English Bible (WEB)

5. For like as of all that is made in the world, the beginning is evident, and the end manifest;

6. so also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in effects and signs.

7. And everyone that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his wotks, or by faith, whereby he has believed,

8. shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders, which I have sanctified for me from the beginning.

9. Then shall they be amazed, which now have abused my ways: and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.

10. For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me;

11. and as many as have scorned my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open to them, understood not, but despised it;