2 Esdras 3:20

20 "And yet tookest Thou not away from them a wicked heart, that Thy law might bring forth fruit in them.

2 Esdras 3:20 In-Context

18 And, bowing the heavens, Thou didst set fast the earth, moved the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubled the men of that age.Œ

19 And Thy glory went through four gates: of fire and of earthquake and of wind and of cold, that Thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob and diligence unto the generations of Israel.

20 "And yet tookest Thou not away from them a wicked heart, that Thy law might bring forth fruit in them.

21 For the first Adam, bearing a wicked heart, transgressed and was overcome; and so be all those who are born of him.

22 Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law was (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root, so that the good departed away and the evil abode still.