2 Esdras 8:57-59

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⁵⁷ Moreover they have even trampled upon his righteous ones, ⁵⁸ and said in their hearts that there is no God—though knowing full well that they must die. ⁵⁹ For just as the things which I have predicted await^[a] you, so the thirst and torment which are prepared await them. For the Most High did not intend that men should be destroyed;