2 Esdras 7:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²¹For the Lord^[a] 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. ²²Nevertheless, they were not obedient, and spoke against him;

they devised for themselves vain thoughts,
²³ and proposed to themselves wicked frauds;
they even declared that the Most High does not exist,
and they ignored his ways.

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2 Esdras 7:21 Other ancient authorities read God

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