2 Esdras 3:20

20 “But you didn't take away from them the inclination to do evil so that your Law might bear fruit in them.

2 Esdras 3:20 In-Context

18 You bent down the heavens; you shook the earth; you moved the world; you made the abyss tremble; you made the whole cosmos shudder.

19 Your glory passed through the four gates of fire, earthquake, wind, and ice so that you would give the Law to Jacob's descendants, the rules to be observed to Israel's offspring.

20 “But you didn't take away from them the inclination to do evil so that your Law might bear fruit in them.

21 The first Adam, burdened with this inclination, disobeyed you and was overcome, but so were all those descended from him.

22 The disease became permanent; the Law was in the people's heart along with the wicked root, and that which was good departed and the wickedness remained.

Footnotes

• [a] Lat wicked heart