2 Esdras 16:76-78

Common English Bible

⁷⁶ Don’t fear or hesitate, for God is your leader. ⁷⁷ You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, don’t let your sins drag you down, and don’t let wickedness get the upper hand over you. ⁷⁸ How terrible it will be for those who are choked by their sins and covered over by their iniquities, as a field is choked by overgrowth and its paths are covered over by thorns so that a human being can’t pass through. It is shut off and consigned to destruction by fire.