2 Esdras 16:51-53

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The Power and Wisdom of God

⁵¹ Therefore do not be like her or her works. ⁵² For behold, just a little while, and iniquity will be removed from the earth, and righteousness will reign over us. ⁵³ Let no sinner say that he has not sinned; for God^[a] will burn coals of fire on the head of him who says, “I have not sinned before God and his glory.”