And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother's womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
He said to me, "You cannot." I said, "Why not, Lord? Why then was I born at all? Why was my mother's womb not my grave, so that I would never have seen the hardship of Jacob and the wearisome toil of the people of Israel?"
