Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

2 Esdras 12:44

If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
If you will forsake us, how much better had it been for us if we also had been consumed in the burning of Zion!
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
If thou then forsake vs, how muche better had it bene for vs, that we had bene burnt also as Sion was burnt?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha