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) 29 that you would be my people, and I would be your God, that you would be my children, and I would be your father? (WEB)
2 Esdras 1:27–29
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