2 Esdras 9:37
King James VersionSource notes
“Notwithstanding the law perisheth not, but remaineth in his force.”
Context
34And, lo, it is a custom, when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, that, that being perished wherein it was sown or cast into,
35That thing also which was sown, or cast therein, or received, doth perish, and remaineth not with us: but with us it hath not happened so.
36For we that have received the law perish by sin, and our heart also which received it
37Notwithstanding the law perisheth not, but remaineth in his force.
38And when I spake these things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.
39Then let I my thoughts go that I was in, and turned me unto her,
40And said unto her, Wherefore weepest thou? why art thou so grieved in thy mind?