2 Esdras 3:28

28 "I said to myself, "Perhaps Babylon has been allowed to conquer Jerusalem because the people who live there are better than we are.'

2 Esdras 3:28 In-Context

26 and sinned just like Adam and all his descendants, because they had the same evil impulse.

27 So you handed over your own city to your enemies.

28 "I said to myself, "Perhaps Babylon has been allowed to conquer Jerusalem because the people who live there are better than we are.'

29 But when I got to Babylon, I saw more sins than I could count, and now for thirty years I have seen many sinners here. So I was perplexed

30 when I saw how you tolerate sinners and do not punish them, how you protect your enemies and yet destroy your own people.