2 Esdras 2:3-5

Common English Bible

³ I brought you up with joy, but I will send you away with mourning and sadness, because you have sinned in the presence of the Lord God and have done bad things in his sight. ⁴ But now what will I do for you? I am a widow and abandoned by my children. Go, children, and seek mercy from the Lord, ⁵ for I am left all alone.”

I call upon you, Father, concerning the mother of those who were unwilling to keep your covenant: