47
And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many.
48
For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has alienated us from God,[m] and has brought us into corruption and the ways of death, and has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life—and that not merely for a few but for almost all who have been created.”
49
He answered me and said, “Listen to me, Ezra,[n] and I will instruct you, and will admonish you once more.
50
For this reason the Most High has made not one world but two.
51
Inasmuch as you have said that the righteous are not many but few, while the ungodly abound, hear the explanation for this.
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