2 Esdras 7:115-117

Revised Standard Version

^45 115 Therefore no one will then be able to have mercy on him who has been condemned in the judgment, or to harm^[a] him who is victorious.”

Lamentation over the Fate of Most People

^46 116 I answered and said, “This is my first and last word, that it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, had restrained him from sinning. ^47 117 For what good is it to all that they live in sorrow now and expect punishment after death?