OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 39:17

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No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for at the proper time they will all be sought out. At his word, the waters stood as a heap, as did the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.

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Verse 17. By. Greek “Hear me, ye holy children.”—Offspring. Lit. “fruits.” Bible.—He speaks to the children of Israel, the people of God: whom he exhorts to bud forth and flourish with virtue. Challoner.

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