2 Esdras 3:27-29

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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? ²⁹ For when I came here I saw ungodly deeds without number, and my soul has seen many sinners during these thirty years.^[a] And my heart failed me