2 Esdras 3:22
King James VersionSource notes
“Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.”
Context
19And 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 generation of Israel.
20And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.
21For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.
22Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
23So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end: then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:
24Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.
25When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,