2 Esdras 7:130-132

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

^60 130 But they did not believe him or the prophets after him, or even myself who have spoken to them. ^61 131 Therefore there shall not be^[a] grief at their destruction, so much as joy over those to whom salvation is assured.’

Ezra Appeals to God’s Mercy

^62 132 I answered and said, ‘I know, O Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, because he has mercy on those who have not yet come into the world;