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45-49). 42 Unlike the preceding section, Ezra changes the direction of the dialogue and asks about the end of the age: 'O Lord, 1 beseech you, if I have found favor in your sight, show your servant through whom you are going to visit your creations'. 1-6). 7-28). Even though the specific subject matter of the section is different, the basic complaint is the same as in the previous section. Ezra considers the present suffering of Israel unjust, especially in relation to the other nations. When he fails to get a satisfactory answer, he questions why the suffering encompassed so many generations, but once again the answer is the same: it just must be so.
45-49). 42 Unlike the preceding section, Ezra changes the direction of the dialogue and asks about the end of the age: 'O Lord, 1 beseech you, if I have found favor in your sight, show your servant through whom you are going to visit your creations'. 1-6). 7-28). Even though the specific subject matter of the section is different, the basic complaint is the same as in the previous section. Ezra considers the present suffering of Israel unjust, especially in relation to the other nations. When he fails to get a satisfactory answer, he questions why the suffering encompassed so many generations, but once again the answer is the same: it just must be so.
Wis. 1-7) Though death and suffering may seem unfair for the righteous, they receive their reward after death through immortality. Tue wisdom of Solomon carried retribution into the future life for the unrighteous also. If they die young, they will have no hope and no consolation in the day of decision. For the end of an unrighteous generation is grievous. (Wis. 18-19) Tue idea of an other-worldly future retribution bad come to füll bloom. In the future life the righteous receive immortality and the unrighteous receive a grievous end.