World English Bible

2 Esdras 7:80-91 World English Bible (WEB)

80. these spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall wander and be in torments forthwith, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways.

81. The first way, because they have despised the law of the Most High.

82. The second way, because they can’t now make a good returning that they may live.

83. The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for them that have believed the covenants of the Most High.

84. The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days.

85. The fifth way, they shall see the dwelling places of the others guarded by angels, with great quietness.

86. The sixth way, they shall see how forthwith some of them shall pass into torment.

87. The seventh way, which is more grievous than all the aforesaid ways, because they shall pine away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall be withered up by fears, seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they have sinned while living, and before whom they shall be judged in the last times.

88. Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from the corruptible vessel.

89. In the time that they lived therein they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly.

90. Wherefore this is the teaching concerning them:

91. First of all they shall see with great joy the glory of him who takes them up, for they shall have rest in seven orders.