2 Esdras 8:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ But me! I will speak as long as I live, and while I still have understanding, I will respond.

²⁶ Don’t pay attention to your people’s sins but to those who have served you in truth. ²⁷ Don’t consider those who do evil by sinning but those who have kept your covenants in the midst of torments.