2 Esdras 9:18-20 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

18. Before I created this world or the people who would live in it, no one opposed me, because no one existed.

19. When I had created the world, I supplied it with an abundance of food and a Law of profound wisdom, but the people I created lived corrupt lives.

20. I looked at my world and saw that it was ruined. I saw that my earth was in danger of being destroyed by the wicked plans of the people who had come into it.

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