2 Esdras 10:9

9 Ask the earth, and she will tell you that she is the one who should mourn, since so many have sprouted upon her.

2 Esdras 10:9 In-Context

7 Zion the mother of us all is afflicted in sadness and utterly dejected. Grieve mightily

8 now because we all grieve, and be sorrowful because we are all sorrowful. But you are mourning only for one son!

9 Ask the earth, and she will tell you that she is the one who should mourn, since so many have sprouted upon her.

10 From her, from the beginning, all have been born and others will come. Look, nearly all go to ruin, and their multitude is doomed to destruction.

11 Who then ought to mourn the more? Shouldn't she who has lost such a great multitude rather than you, who grieve for one?