2 Esdras 7:62

62 I replied: "Earth, what have you brought to birth? If consciousness is made of dust like other creatures,

2 Esdras 7:62 In-Context

60 So also will be the judgment I have promised. I will rejoice over the few who will be saved, because they are the ones who made my honor to prevail now and through whom my reputation is celebrated.

61 I will have no regrets over the multitude who perish, for they are even now like vapor, the equivalent of flame or smoke; they burn and flare up and are quenched."

62 I replied: "Earth, what have you brought to birth? If consciousness is made of dust like other creatures,

63 it would have been better that the dust itself had never been born, so that consciousness shouldn't be made from it.

64 But now consciousness grows with us, and due to this we are tortured, because we perish and are aware of the fact.