2 Esdras 7:10

10 I said, "Indeed, Lord." He said to me: "So also is Israel's portion. I indeed made the world on account of them.

2 Esdras 7:10 In-Context

8 There is a single path located between them, between the fire and the water, and the path has only room for human footprints.

9 If that city is given to someone as an inheritance, if the heir doesn't pass through the danger, how will the heir receive the inheritance?"

10 I said, "Indeed, Lord." He said to me: "So also is Israel's portion. I indeed made the world on account of them.

11 When Adam transgressed my ordinances, what had been made was judged,

12 and the entrances of this world were made narrow, sorrowful, and troublesome. They are few and bad, full of dangers and involving people in great hardships.