2 Esdras 1
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1THE second boke of the Prophet Esdras, the sonne of Saraias, the sonne of Azarias, the sonne of Helcias, the sonne of Sadanias, the sonne of Sadoc, the sonne of Achitob, 2The sonne of Achias, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Heli, the sonne of Amerias, the sonne of Asic, the sonne of Marimoth, the sonne of Arua, the sonne of Ozias, the sonne of Borith, the sonne of Abisei, the sonne of Phinees, the sonne of Eleazar, 3The sonne of Aaron (of the tribe of Leui) which Esdras was prisoner in the land of Medes, in the reigne of Artaxerxes King of Persia. 4And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, 5Go, and shewe my people their sinnes, & their children their wickednes, which thei haue committed against me, that they may tel their childrens children. 6For the sinnes of their fathers are increased in them, because they haue forgotten me, and haue offred vnto strange gods. 7Haue not I broght them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? but they haue prouoked me vnto wrath, and despised my counsels. 8Pull thou of then the heere of thine head, and cast all euil vpon them: for they haue not bene obedient vnto my Law, but they are a rebellious people. 9How long shal I forbeare them, vnto whome I haue done somuche good? 10Many Kings haue I destroied for their sakes: Pharao with his seruants and all his armie haue I smitten downe. 11All the nacions haue I destroied before them: I haue destroied the East, the people of the two countreis Tyrus and Sidon, and haue slaine all their enemies. 12Speake thou therefore vnto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord, 13I haue led you thorow the Sea, and haue giuen you a sure way, since the beginning: I gaue you Moyses for a guide, and Aaron for a Priest. 14I gaue you light in a piller of fyre, and great wonders haue I done among you: yet haue ye forgotten me, saith the Lord. 15Thus saith the Almightie Lord, The quailes were a token vnto you: I gaue you tentes for sauegarde, wherein ye murmured: 16And ye triumphed not in my Name for the destruction of your enemies, but ye yet murmure stil. 17Where are the benefites, that I haue done for you? when ye were hungrie in the wildernes, did ye not crye vnto me? 18Saying, Why hast thou broght vs into 19I had pitie vpon your mournings, and gaue you Manna to eat: so ye did eat Angels fode. 20When ye were thirstie, did not I cleaue the stone, & waters did flowe out to satisfie you? from the heat I couered you with the leaues of the trees, 21And I gaue you fat countreis: I cast out the Cananites, the Pheresites, & Philistims before you: what shal I do more for you, saith the Lord? 22Thus saith the almightie Lord, When ye were in the wildernes at the bitter waters, being a thirst, and blaspheming my Name, 23I gaue you not fyre for the blasphemies, but cast a tre into the water, and made the riuer swete. 24What shal I do vnto thee, ô Iacob? thou Iuda woldest not obey: I wil turne me to other nations, and vnto those wil I giue my Name, that they may kepe my lawes. 25Seing ye haue forsaken me, I wil also forsake you: when ye aske mercie of me, I wil not haue pitie vpon you. 26When ye call vpon me, I wil not heare you: for ye haue defiled your hands with blood, and your fete are swift to commit murther, 27Althogh ye haue not forsaken me, but your owne selues, saith the Lord. 28Thus saith the almightie Lord, Haue I not prayed you, as a father his sonnes, and as a mother her daughters, and as a nurse her yong babes, 29That ye wolde be my people, as I am your God, and that ye wolde be my children, as I am your father? 30I gathered you together as an henne gathereth her chikens vnder her wings: but now what shal I do vnto you? I wil cast you out from my sight. 31When you bring gifts vnto me, I wil turne my face from you for your solemne feast dayes: your new moones, & your circumcisions haue I forsaken. 32I sent vnto you my seruants the Prophetes, whome ye haue taken and slaine, and torne their bodies in pieces, whose blood I wil reuenge, saith the Lord. 33Thus saith the almightie Lord, Your house shalbe desolate: I wil cast you out as the winde doeth the stubble. 34Your children shal not haue generacion: for thei haue despised my commandement, & done the thing that I hate before me. 35Your houses wil I giue vnto a people to come, who shal beleue me thogh they heare me not, and they, vnto whome I neuer shewed miracle, shal do the things that I command them. 36Thogh they se no Prophetes, yet shal they hate their iniquities. 37¶ I wil declare the grace that I wil do for the people to come, whose children reioyce in gladnes, and thogh they haue not sene me with bodelie eyes, yet in heart they beleue the things that I say. 38Now therefore brother, beholde what great glorie, and se the people that come from the East. 39Vnto whome I wil giue for leaders Abraham, Isahac, Iacob, Oseas, Amos, Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, Ionas, 40Naum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, and Malachias (which is called also the messenger of the Lord)