26 Whenever you call upon me, I will not hear you, for you have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit murder. (WEB) 27 It is not as though you have forsaken me, but your own selves,” says the Lord. (WEB) 28 The Lord Almighty says, “Haven’t I asked you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babies, (WEB)
2 Esdras 1:26–28
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