The Lord says, “I brought this people out of bondage. I gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets, whom they would not listen to, but made my counsels void.
KJV
2 Esdras 2:1
Thus saith the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them my commandments by menservants the prophets; whom they would not hear, but despised my counsels.
Parallel Translations
THus saith the Lord, I broght this people out of bondage: I gaue them also my commandements by my seruants the Prophetes, whome they wolde not heare, but despised my counsels.