2 Esdras 12:45
King James VersionSource notes
“For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,”
Context
42For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
43Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
44If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
45For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
46Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob:
47For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.
48As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.