2 Esdras 7:45

45 Then I said, "Lord, I repeat what I said earlier: How fortunate are the people who can live now and obey your commands!

2 Esdras 7:45 In-Context

43 The judgment will last seven years.

44 That's the arrangement I have made for Judgment Day, but I have revealed these things only to you."

45 Then I said, "Lord, I repeat what I said earlier: How fortunate are the people who can live now and obey your commands!

46 But what about those for whom I have been praying? There is no one in the present generation who has not sinned, no one who has not broken your covenant.

47 Now I understand that the world to come will bring joy to only a few, but torment to many.