2 Esdras 3:26-28

Revised Standard Version

²⁶ in everything doing as Adam and all his descendants had done, for they also had the evil heart. ²⁷ So thou didst deliver the city into the hands of thy enemies.

Babylon Compared with Zion

²⁸ “Then I said in my heart, Are the deeds of those who inhabit Babylon any better? Is that why she has gained dominion over Zion?