2 Esdras 8:15

15 "Now, Lord, I must say this: You may know what is best in regard to the rest of the human race, but I mourn for your own people - %0

2 Esdras 8:15 In-Context

13 You are his Creator and, as you wish, you can take away his life or allow him to live.

14 But if you are so ready to destroy a person that was so carefully created at your command, why was he created in the first place?

15 "Now, Lord, I must say this: You may know what is best in regard to the rest of the human race, but I mourn for your own people - %0

16 I am disturbed and grieved for your own nation Israel, the descendants of Jacob.

17 So I want to pray for them and for myself, because I can see how all of us who live on this earth have failed,