Now, O Lord, why have you given this one people over to many, and have dishonored the one root above others, and have scattered your only one among many?
KJV
2 Esdras 5:28
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?
Parallel Translations
And now, ô Lord, why hast thou giuen this one people ouer vnto many? and vpon one roote thou hast set others, & hast scatred thine onelie people among many.