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2 Esdras 1:10-20

  1. Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes; Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down.

  2. All the nations have I destroyed before them, and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tyrus and Sidon, and have slain all their enemies.

  3. Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,

  4. I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe passage; I gave you Moses for a leader, and Aaron for a priest.

  5. I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.

  6. Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The quails were as a token to you; I gave you tents for your safeguard: nevertheless ye murmured there,

  7. And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.

  8. Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me,

  9. Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness.

  10. Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels' bread.

  11. When ye were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees.