2 Esdras 7:20-22

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁰ Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded! ²¹ For the Lord^[a] strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. ²² Nevertheless, they were not obedient, and spoke against him;