2 Esdras 5:32-34

Common English Bible

³² He said to me: “Listen to me, and I will instruct you; pay attention to me, and I will tell you more.”

³³ I said, “Speak, my Lord.”

He said to me, “Are you really more deeply disturbed over Israel, or do you love him more than the one who made him does?”

³⁴ I said: “No, Lord, but I spoke in grief. My heart torments me every hour while I try to make sense of the Most High’s ways and investigate his decisions.”