King James Version with Apocrypha
"For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment."
— 2 Esdras 7:21, King James Version with Apocrypha
Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.