2 Esdras 7:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁹ He said to me, ‘You are not a better judge than the Lord,^[a] or wiser than the Most High! ²⁰ Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded! ²¹ For the Lord^[b] strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.