2 Esdras 12:48-50

Common English Bible

⁴⁸ I haven’t abandoned you, nor have I gone away from you. I came to this place to pray because of Zion’s desolation, in order to seek mercy for the humiliation of your sanctuary. ⁴⁹ Now go home, each of you, and I will come to you in a few days.” ⁵⁰ So the people went into the city as I told them,