2 Esdras 16:51-53

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

The Power and Wisdom of God

⁵¹ Therefore do not be like her or her works. ⁵² For in a very short time iniquity will be removed from the earth, and righteousness will reign over us. ⁵³ Sinners must not say that they have not sinned;^[a] for God^[b] will burn coals of fire on the head of everyone who says, ‘I have not sinned before God and his glory.’