2 Esdras 1:22-24

Revised Standard Version

²² Thus says the Lord Almighty: When you were in the wilderness, at the bitter stream, thirsty and blaspheming my name, ²³ I did not send fire upon 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 would not obey me, O Judah. I will turn to other nations and will give them my name, that they may keep my statutes.