2 Esdras 7:67

67 What good is it to us that we are going to be given life in the future if it is to be a life of terrible torment?

2 Esdras 7:67 In-Context

65 Compared to us who must bear this sorrow, the dumb animals must be happy.

66 They are much better off than we are. They do not have to look forward to the judgment; they are not aware of any torment or salvation that is promised to them after death.

67 What good is it to us that we are going to be given life in the future if it is to be a life of terrible torment?

68 Everyone who is born is caught in the web of sin, is full of wickedness and burdened with guilt.

69 I think it would be better if after death we did not have to face judgment."