2 Esdras 5:23-32
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23 And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:
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24 And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one pit: and of all the flowers thereof one lily:
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25 And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river: and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself:
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26 And 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:
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27 And 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.
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28 And 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?
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29 And they which did gainsay thy promises, and believed not thy covenants, have trodden them down.
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30 If thou didst so much hate thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them with thine own hands.
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31 Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,
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32 And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.