2 Esdras 6:57-59

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⁵⁷ And now, O Lord, behold, these nations, which are reputed as nothing, domineer over us and devour us. ⁵⁸ But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy first-born, only begotten, zealous for thee,^[a] and most dear, have been given into their hands. ⁵⁹ If the world has indeed been created for us, why do we not possess our world as an inheritance? How long will this be so?”