2 Esdras 8:15

15 And now I will speak out: About all humankind you know best; but I will speak about your people, for whom I am grieved,

2 Esdras 8:15 In-Context

13 You put it to death as your creation, and make it live as your work.

14 If then you will suddenly and quickly destroy what with so great labor was fashioned by your command, to what purpose was it made?

15 And now I will speak out: About all humankind you know best; but I will speak about your people, for whom I am grieved,

16 and about your inheritance, for whom I lament, and about Israel, for whom I am sad, and about the seed of Jacob, for whom I am troubled.

17 Therefore I will pray before you for myself and for them, for I see the failings of us who inhabit the earth;