2 Esdras 7:59-61

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ He replied to me: “Reflect on what you have thought. One who has what is scarce rejoices more than one who has what is abundant. ⁶⁰ So also will be the judgment^[a] I have promised. I will rejoice over the few who will be saved, because they are the ones who made my honor to prevail now and through whom my reputation is celebrated. ⁶¹ I will have no regrets over the multitude who perish, for they are even now like vapor, the equivalent of flame or smoke; they burn and flare up and are quenched.”