2 Esdras 7:83-93

83 Third, they see the reward stored up for those who put their faith in the covenants of God Most High.
84 Fourth, they think about the torment that has been stored up for them in the last days.
85 Fifth, they see angels guarding the homes of other souls in complete silence.
86 Sixth, they recognize that they must soon be tormented.
87 Seventh, and worst of all, when they see the glory of God Most High, they are sick with remorse and shame. They cringe in fear, because while they were living they sinned against him. And now they are about to come before him to be judged on the last day.
88 "Now let me explain about those who followed the ways of God Most High and what will happen when the time comes for them to leave their mortal bodies.
89 While they lived on earth, through constant difficulty and danger, they served God Most High and carefully kept the Law given by the Lawgiver.
90 This is what they will receive:
91 They will rejoice when they see the great glory of God. He will receive them, and they will enter their rest in seven stages of joy.
92 The first joy is to have struggled hard and won the victory over the evil impulse which was formed in them, but which did not succeed in leading them from life into death.
93 The second is to see the endless wandering of the souls of the wicked and the punishment that is waiting for them.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Verse 86 in Latin is unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.