Common English Bible

2 Esdras 2:2-6 Common English Bible (CEB)

2. The mother who bore them says to them: "Go, children, because I am widowed and abandoned.

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:

6. Throw them into confusion and their mother into ruin. May they leave no descendants,