2Esdr 1:27
Ye have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves,
saith the Lord.

2Esdr 1:28
Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Have I not prayed you as a
father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her
young babes,

2Esdr 1:29
That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye
would be my children, and I should be your father?

2Esdr 1:30
I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast
you out from my face.

2Esdr 1:31
When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your
solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I
forsaken.

2Esdr 1:32
I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken
and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will
require of your hands, saith the Lord.

2Esdr 1:33
Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate, I will