2 Esdras 10:19

19 So I spoke again to her, and said,

2 Esdras 10:19 In-Context

17 Therefore go into the town to your husband."

18 She said to me, "I will not do so; I will not go into the city, but I will die here."

19 So I spoke again to her, and said,

20 "Do not do that, but let yourself be persuaded—for how many are the adversities of Zion?—and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jerusalem.

21 For you see how our sanctuary has been laid waste, our altar thrown down, our temple destroyed;