2 Esdras 9:38-40

Common English Bible

³⁸ While I was saying these things in my heart, I looked with my eyes and saw a woman to my right. She was lamenting and crying with a loud voice, and she was experiencing deep grief. Her clothes were torn, and there were ashes on her head. ³⁹ I dismissed my own thoughts, turned to her, and said, ⁴⁰ “Why are you weeping, and why do you grieve so deeply?”