2 Esdras 8:56

56 For when they had taken liberty, they despised the Most High, thought scorn of His law, and forsook His ways.

2 Esdras 8:56 In-Context

54 sorrows have passed, and in the end is shown the treasure of immortality.

55 "And therefore ask thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perish.

56 For when they had taken liberty, they despised the Most High, thought scorn of His law, and forsook His ways.

57 Moreover they have trodden down His righteous,

58 and said in their heart that there is no God; yea, and that, knowing they must die.