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) 59 For as the things I have said will welcome you, so thirst and pain which are prepared for them. For the Most High didn’t intend that men should be destroyed, (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:57–59
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