2 Esdras 5:26-28

Revised Standard Version

²⁶ and from all the birds that have been created thou hast named for thyself one dove, and from all the flocks that have been made thou hast provided for thyself one sheep, ²⁷ and from all the multitude of peoples thou hast gotten for thyself one people; and to this people, whom thou hast loved, thou hast given the law which is approved by all. ²⁸ And now, O Lord, why hast thou given over the one to the many, and dishonored^[a] the one root beyond the others, and scattered thine only one among the many?