2 Esdras 7:62
King James VersionSource notes
“I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,”
Context
59For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.
60Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no nor me which have spoken unto them,
61That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.
62I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
63And upon those also that turn to his law;
64And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;
65And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;