2 Esdras 4:28

28 The evil about which you have asked me has already been planted, but the time for its harvesting has not yet arrived.

2 Esdras 4:28 In-Context

26 Uriel answered, "If you live long enough, you will be surprised at what you will see, because this age is rapidly passing away.

27 This age is so full of misery and imperfection that it cannot hold all the blessings that God has promised the righteous in the time to come.

28 The evil about which you have asked me has already been planted, but the time for its harvesting has not yet arrived.

29 This evil must be harvested, and this world where it was planted must be removed, before the new age where the good is to be planted can appear.

30 At the beginning of time one grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam. See how much wickedness it has already produced! Think of how much more it will produce before it is cut down and threshed out at Judgment Day.