47 Now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many. (WEB) 48 For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has led us astray from these commandments and has brought us into corruption and into the ways of death. It has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life—and that, not a few only, but nearly all who have been created.” (WEB) 49 He answered me, “Listen to me, and I will instruct you. I will admonish you yet again. (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:47–49
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