2 Esdras 9:20

20 So I considered the world, and behold, there was peril because of the devices that had come into it.

2 Esdras 9:20 In-Context

18 And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spoke against Me.

19 For then every one obeyed; but now the manners of them that are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed and, by a law which is unsearchable, destroy themselves.

20 So I considered the world, and behold, there was peril because of the devices that had come into it.

21 And I saw, and spared it greatly, and have kept Me a grape of the cluster, and a plant of a great people.

22 Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain, and let My grape be kept, and my plant; for with great labor have I made it perfect.