2 Esdras 7:47-49

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⁴⁷ And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many. ⁴⁸ For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has alienated us from God,^[a] and has brought us into corruption and the ways of death, and has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life—and that not just a few of us but almost all who have been created!”

⁴⁹ He answered me and said, “Listen to me, Ezra,^[b] and I will instruct you, and will admonish you yet again.