29. who believed in your covenants? Why have you let them be trampled on by people who rejected your promises?
30. If you are so angry with your people, you yourself ought to punish them.”
31. When I had finished speaking, the angel who had come to me on a previous night was sent to me again.
32. He said, “Listen carefully to me, and I will teach you more.”
33. “Please go on, sir,” I said.So he continued, “Are you worried about the people of Israel? Do you think you love them more than God, who made them?”
34. “No, sir,” I replied. “I spoke as I did because I was so confused and upset. I am always troubled whenever I try to think about the ways of God Most High or to understand even a small part of what he does.”
35. “You cannot understand!” he answered.And I asked, “Why not, sir? In that case, why was I born? Why didn't I die before I was born? Then I wouldn't have seen the sufferings and troubles of the people of Israel.”