2 Esdras 5:41

41 And I said, "Behold, O Lord, yet art Thou nigh unto those who are reserved till the end; and what shall they do who have been before me, or we who are now, or those who shall come after us?"

2 Esdras 5:41 In-Context

39 As for me, I am unwise; how may I then speak of these things whereof Thou askest me?"

40 Then said He unto me, "As thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out My judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto My people."

41 And I said, "Behold, O Lord, yet art Thou nigh unto those who are reserved till the end; and what shall they do who have been before me, or we who are now, or those who shall come after us?"

42 And He said unto me, "I will liken My judgment unto a ring: as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first."

43 So I answered and said, "Couldest Thou not make those who have been made and who are now and who are to come, at once, that Thou mightest show Thy judgment the sooner?"