2 Esdras 8:14

14 If then thou wilt suddenly and quickly destroy him who with so great labor was fashioned by thy command, to what purpose was he made?

2 Esdras 8:14 In-Context

12 Thou hast brought him up in thy righteousness, and instructed him in thy law, and reproved him in thy wisdom.

13 Thou wilt take away his life, for he is thy creation; and thou wilt make him live, for he is thy work.

14 If then thou wilt suddenly and quickly destroy him who with so great labor was fashioned by thy command, to what purpose was he made?

15 And now I will speak out: About all mankind thou knowest best; but I will speak about thy people, for whom I am grieved,

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