The angel said:
A farmer sows
many seeds
in the ground,
yet not all that
was sown
will take root
or be harvested.
So all that were
sown to the world
will not be saved.
Ezra replied:
If a seed does not come up
because of drought
or deluge
it perishes.
But Lord,
people are created by Your hands
and are made in Your image.
The question I ask is:
Have You made them
like the farmer’s seed?
Please, Lord!
Surely not!
Spare Your people!
Please have mercy
on Your own creation.
