2 Esdras 7:12

12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail; they are but few and evil, full of perils and very painful.

2 Esdras 7:12 In-Context

10 And I said, "It is so, Lord." Then said He unto me, "Even so also is Israel's portion.

11 Because for their sakes I made the world; and when Adam transgressed My statutes, then was decreed what now is done.

12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail; they are but few and evil, full of perils and very painful.

13 For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit.

14 If then they that live labor not to enter these straitened and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.