37 Then he answered me, “Some things you have spoken rightly, and it will happen according to your words. (WEB) 38 For indeed I will not think about the fashioning of those who have sinned, or about their death, their judgment, or their destruction; (WEB) 39 but I will rejoice over the creation of the righteous and their pilgrimage, their salvation, and the reward that they will have. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:37–39
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