2 Esdras 7:100-102

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁰⁰ Then I answered and said, “Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?”

¹⁰¹ He said to me, “They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterward they shall be gathered in their habitations.”^(A)

No Intercession for the Ungodly

¹⁰² I answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, show further to me, your servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the ungodly or to entreat the Most High for them^(B)—