2 Esdras 1:22-24

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²² Thus says the Lord Almighty:^[a] When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, thirsty and blaspheming my name,^{(A) 23} I did not send fire on you for your blasphemies but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.^(B)

Israel’s Disobedience and Rejection

²⁴ “What shall I do to you, O Jacob? You, Judah, would not obey me. I will turn to other nations and will give them my name, so that they may keep my statutes.^(C)