2 Esdras 5:28

2 Esdras 5:28 Context

²⁵And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river: and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself: ²⁶And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep: ²⁷And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all. ²⁸And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto many? and upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast thou scattered thy only one people among many? ²⁹And they which did gainsay thy promises, and believed not thy covenants, have trodden them down. ³⁰If thou didst so much hate thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them with thine own hands. ³¹Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,

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