2 Esdras 1:21-23

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²¹ I divided fertile lands among you; I drove out the Canaanites,^[a] the Perizzites, and the Philistines^[b] before you. What more can I do for you? says the Lord.^{(A) 22} Thus says the Lord Almighty:^[c] When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, thirsty and blaspheming my name,^{(B) 23} I did not send fire on you for your blasphemies but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.^(C)