2 Esdras 1:30-32

Common English Bible

³⁰ I gathered you as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But what will I do with you?

I will throw you out of my presence. ³¹ When you bring me offerings, I will turn my eyes away from you. I didn’t command you to observe^[a] festival days, new moons, sabbaths, and circumcisions. ³² I sent my servants the prophets to you. You took them, mangled them, and slaughtered those who had been sent.^[b] But I will make you pay for their deaths, says the Lord.