56 For when they had received liberty, they despised the Most High, scorned his law, and forsook his ways. (WEB) 57 Moreover they have trodden down his righteous, (WEB) 58 and said in their heart that there is no God—even knowing that they must die. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:56–58
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