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53 Sinners must not say that they have not sinned;[a] for God[b] will burn coals of fire on the head of everyone who says, ‘I have not sinned before God and his glory.’ 54 The Lord[c] certainly knows everything that people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts. 55 He said, ‘Let the earth be made’, and it was made, and ‘Let the heaven be made’, and it was made.

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  1. 2 Esdras 16:53 Other ancient authorities add or the unjust done injustice
  2. 2 Esdras 16:53 Lat for he
  3. 2 Esdras 16:54 Other ancient authorities read Lord God

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