2 Esdras 3:26-28

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁶ in everything doing just as Adam and all his descendants had done, for they also had the evil heart. ²⁷ So you handed over your city to your 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 it has gained dominion over Zion?