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2 Esdras 4:24

We pass away out of the world like locusts. Our life is like a vapor, and we aren’t worthy to obtain mercy.

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And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
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