2 Esdras 10:18-20

Revised Standard Version

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.