2 Esdras 7:44-47 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

44. That's the arrangement I have made for Judgement Day, but I have revealed these things only to you.”

45. Then I said, “Lord, I repeat what I said earlier: How fortunate are the people who can live now and obey your commands!

46. But what about those for whom I have been praying? There is no one in the present generation who has not sinned, no one who has not broken your covenant.

47. Now I understand that the world to come will bring joy to only a few, but torment to many.

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