2 Esdras 8:17

17 Therefore, I will pray before you for myself and for them, because I see the defects of we who live on earth,

2 Esdras 8:17 In-Context

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?

17 Therefore, I will pray before you for myself and for them, because I see the defects of we who live on earth,

18 but I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come.

19 Therefore, hear my voice and consider my words, and I will speak before you."