2 Esdras 7:21
King James VersionSource notes
“For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.”
Context
18Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
19And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
20For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
21For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
22Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
23And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
24But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.