2 Esdras 14:17
King James VersionSource notes
“For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.”
Context
14Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,
15And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and haste thee to flee from these times.
16For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.
17For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.
18For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand: for now hasteth the vision to come, which thou hast seen.
19Then answered I before thee, and said,
20Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people which are present: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? thus the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.