2 Esdras 7:20-23 World English Bible (WEB)

20. Yes, rather let many that now be perish, than that the law of God which is set before them be despised.

21. For God straitly commanded such as came, even as they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

22. Nevertheless they were not obedient to him; but spoke against him, and imagined for themselves vain things;

23. and framed cunning devices of wickedness; and said moreover of the Most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:

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