2 Esdras 12:45

45 For we are not better than those who died there." And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them and said,

2 Esdras 12:45 In-Context

43 Are not the evils which have come to us sufficient?

44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us if we also had been burned in the midst of Zion?

45 For we are not better than those who died there." And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them and said,

46 "Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob.Œ

47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.