2 Esdras 10:7

7 Jerusalem, the mother of us all, is overcome with grief and shame. You ought to be mourning for her ¹

2 Esdras 10:7 In-Context

5 When she told me this, I put aside my own thoughts and spoke sharply to her:

6 "You are the most foolish woman I ever met. Don't you see what our people are suffering? Don't you know all that has happened to us?

7 Jerusalem, the mother of us all, is overcome with grief and shame. You ought to be mourning for her

8 and sharing the grief and sorrow of all of us. But you are mourning for that one son of yours.

9 Ask the earth; let her tell you that she is the one who ought to be mourning for the vast multitudes of people that she has brought to birth.

Cross References

• 1. 10.7Galatians 4.26.