2 Esdras 3:20

20 Yet you did not remove their evil impulse, but let your Law guide their lives. ¹

2 Esdras 3:20 In-Context

18 There you bent down the skies, shook the earth, moved the world, made the waters beneath the earth tremble, and brought disorder to the universe.

19 The dazzling light of your presence passed through the four gates of fire, earthquake, wind, and frost, in order to give the Law and its commandments to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel.

20 Yet you did not remove their evil impulse, but let your Law guide their lives.

21 The first man, Adam, weighed down with an evil impulse, sinned and was defeated, and the same was true of all of his descendants.

22 So the disease became permanent, and although the Law was in the hearts of the people, so also was the root of evil! That is why what was good passed away, while what was evil continued.

Cross References

• 1. 3.20Ben Sira 15.14.