2 Esdras 16:54

54 The Lord certainly knows everything that people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.

2 Esdras 16:54 In-Context

52 For in a very short time iniquity will be removed from the earth, and righteousness will reign over us.

53 Sinners must not say that they have not sinned; for God will burn coals of fire on the head of everyone who says, "I have not sinned before God and his glory."

54 The Lord certainly knows everything that people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.

55 He said, "Let the earth be made," and it was made, and "Let the heaven be made," and it was made.

56 At his word the stars were fixed in their places, and he knows the number of the stars.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [Lord God]