2 Esdras 8:53-63

53 The root of evil is sealed off from you, weakness is abolished from you, and death is hidden; the netherworld and decay have fled into oblivion.
54 Sorrows have passed, and the treasure of immortality is displayed to the end.
55 Therefore, don't continue to ask about the great many who perish.
56 They also received freedom, but they despised the Most High, spoke ill of his Law, and abandoned his ways.
57 Moreover, they also trampled his righteous ones.
58 They said in their heart that there is no God, even though they knew that they would have to die.
59 Just as the things that are predicted will receive you, so also the thirst and torment that are prepared will receive them. The Most High didn't intend for human beings to be destroyed,
60 but those who were themselves created defiled the name of their creator and were ungrateful to him who prepared life for them.
61 Therefore, my judgment draws close,
62 which I haven't disclosed to all, except to you and to a few like you."
63 I answered, "Look now, Lord, you have shown me a multitude of signs that you are about to perform in the last times, but you haven't shown me when they will take place."

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