2 Esdras 7:52

52 “If you have just a few precious stones, will you add to them lead and clay?”[o]

2 Esdras 7:52 In-Context

50 For this reason the Most High has made not one world but two.

51 Inasmuch as you have said that the righteous are not many but few, while the ungodly abound, hear the explanation for this.

52 “If you have just a few precious stones, will you add to them lead and clay?”[o]

53 I said, “Lord, how could that be?”

54 And he said to me, “Not only that, but ask the earth and she will tell you; defer to her, and she will declare it to you.