2 Esdras 9:15

15 "I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter: that there be many more of those who perish than of those who shall be saved,

2 Esdras 9:15 In-Context

13 And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when; but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created."

14 Then answered I and said,

15 "I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter: that there be many more of those who perish than of those who shall be saved,

16 as a wave is greater than a drop."

17 And He answered me, saying, "As the field is, so is also the seed; as the flowers be, such are the colors also; such as the workman is, such also is the work; and as the husbandman is himself, so is his husbandry also. For it was the time of the world.