2 Esdras 7:8

8 and there is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one man can walk upon that 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 and there is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one man can walk upon that path.

9 If now that city is given to a man for an inheritance, how will the heir receive his inheritance unless he passes through the danger set before him?"

10 I said, "He cannot, lord." And he said to me, "So also is Israel's portion.