2 Esdras 5:33

33 And I said, "Speak on, my lord." Then said he unto me, "Thou art sorely troubled in mind for Israel's sake; lovest thou that people better than He that made them?"

2 Esdras 5:33 In-Context

31 Now when I had spoken these words the angel that came to me the night before was sent unto me,Œ

32 and said unto me, "Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more."

33 And I said, "Speak on, my lord." Then said he unto me, "Thou art sorely troubled in mind for Israel's sake; lovest thou that people better than He that made them?"

34 And I said, "No, lord; but from very grief have I spoken, for my reins pain me every hour while I labor to comprehend the way of the Most High, and to seek out part of His judgment."

35 And he said unto me, "Thou canst not." And I said, "Why, lord? Whereunto was I born then? Or why was not my mother's womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?"