2 Esdras 7:110-112

Revised Standard Version

^40 110 and Hezeki′ah for the people in the days of Sennach′erib, and many others prayed for many? ^41 111 If therefore the righteous have prayed for the ungodly now, when corruption has increased and unrighteousness has multiplied, why will it not be so then as well?”

^42 112 He answered me and said, “This present world is not the end; the full glory does not^[a] abide in it;^[b] therefore those who were strong prayed for the weak.