2 Esdras 8:14

14 If, therefore, you will destroy with a simple command one who was fashioned at your command with so much labor, why was he made?

2 Esdras 8:14 In-Context

12 You nourished him with your justice, tutored him in your Law, and reproved him in your wisdom.

13 You will cause him to die as your creation and give him life as your work.

14 If, therefore, you will destroy with a simple command one who was fashioned at your command with so much labor, why was he made?

15 Now I will surely speak: You know best about the sum total of humanity, but what about your people who grieve me,

16 and about your inheritance because of which I lament, and about Israel, on whose account I am sad, and about the seed of Jacob because of which I am disturbed?