2 Esdras 1:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²² Thus says the Lord Almighty:^[a] When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, thirsty and blaspheming my name, ²³ I did not send fire on you for your blasphemies, but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.

Israel’s Disobedience and Rejection

²⁴ ‘What shall I do to you, O Jacob? You, Judah, would not obey me. I will turn to other nations and will give them my name, so that they may keep my statutes.