2 Esdras 7:67

67 But what does it profit us that we will be preserved, only to be tortured with torments?

2 Esdras 7:67 In-Context

65 Let the human race lament and let the wild beasts rejoice. Let all people who are born lament, but let four-footed animals and flocks be happy!

66 It is much better for them than for us. They don't expect judgment. They don't know about either the torments or the deliverance that you promise after death.

67 But what does it profit us that we will be preserved, only to be tortured with torments?

68 All who are born are mixed up with violations, full of sins, and weighed down with crimes.

69 If we were not to come into judgment after death, it would perhaps have been better for us."