2 Esdras 1:4-6

Common English Bible

Rejection of Israel as God’s people

⁴ The Lord’s word came to Ezra, Chusi’s son, in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar: ⁵ Go and announce to my people their crimes. Tell their children about the sins they committed against me. Let their children also announce this to their own children, ⁶ because the children have added to their parents’ sins. They forgot me and offered sacrifices to foreign gods!