2 Esdras 4:33

33 Then I asked, "How long do we have to wait before this happens? Why are our lives so short and so full of misery?"

2 Esdras 4:33 In-Context

31 You can see for yourself what a big crop this one evil seed has produced.

32 How terrible will be the harvest on Judgment Day when these countless heads of grain are threshed out!"

33 Then I asked, "How long do we have to wait before this happens? Why are our lives so short and so full of misery?"

34 Uriel answered, "Don't be in a greater hurry than God Most High! You are thinking only of yourself, but God has to be concerned about everybody.

35 Your questions are the same ones asked by the souls of the righteous dead in the places where God is keeping them waiting: "How long must we wait here? When will the day of judgment come, when we will get our reward?'