2 Esdras 3:30-32

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁰ because I have seen how you endure those who sin, and have spared those who act wickedly, and have destroyed your people, and protected your enemies, ³¹ and have not shown to anyone how your way may be comprehended.^[a] Are the deeds of Babylon better than those of Zion? ³² Or has another nation known you besides Israel? Or what tribes have so believed the covenants as these tribes of Jacob?