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2 Esdras 9:17
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And he answered me, saying, Like as the field is, so is also the seed; as the flowers be, such are the colours also; such as the workman is, such also is the work; and as the husbandman is himself, so is his husbandry also: for it was the time of the world.
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