2 Esdras 10:19

19 So I spoke again to her, and said,

2 Esdras 10:19 In-Context

17 Therefore go into the city 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 say that, but let yourself be persuaded because of the troubles of Zion, and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jerusalem.

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