38 When I spoke these things in my heart, I looked around me with my eyes, and on my right side I saw a woman, and behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in mind. Her clothes were torn, and she had ashes on her head. (WEB) 39 Then let I my thoughts go in which I was occupied, and turned myself to her, (WEB) 40 and said to her, “Why are you weeping? Why are you grieved in your mind?” (WEB) 41 She said to me, “Leave me alone, my Lord, that I may weep for myself and add to my sorrow, for I am very troubled in my mind, and brought very low.” (WEB)
2 Esdras 9:38–41
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