2 Esdras 16:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Famine and plague, tribulation and anguish are sent as scourges for the correction of humankind.

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Look! A plague of famine has been sent out, and the distress it inflicts is like a whip, a punishment for discipline.

But in spite of all this, they will not turn away from their sins; they soon forget their punishment.

But for all these things they will not turn them from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.

But in spite of all this, they will not turn away from their sins; they soon forget their punishment.

But for all these things they will not turn them from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.

But for all these things they shall not turn them from their wickedness, nor be alway mindful of the scourges.