2 Esdras 7:8

8 There is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one person can walk on the path.

2 Esdras 7:8 In-Context

6 Another example: There is a city built and set on a plain, and it is full of all good things;

7 but the entrance to it is narrow and set in a precipitous place, so that there is fire on the right hand and deep water on the left.

8 There is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one person can walk on the path.

9 If now the city is given to someone as an inheritance, how will the heir receive the inheritance unless by passing through the appointed danger?"

10 I said, "That is right, lord." He said to me, "So also is Israel's portion.