2 Esdras 10:32-34

Revised Standard Version

³² I said, “Because you have forsaken me! I did as you directed, and went out into the field, and behold, I saw, and still see, what I am unable to explain.”

³³ He said to me, “Stand up like a man, and I will instruct you.”

³⁴ I said, “Speak, my lord; only do not forsake me, lest I die before my time.^[a]