2 Esdras 1:5

5 "Go and declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities which they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children's children

2 Esdras 1:5 In-Context

3 son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.

4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 "Go and declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities which they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children's children

6 that the sins of their parents have increased in them, for they have forgotten me and have offered sacrifices to strange gods.

7 Was it not I who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage? But they have angered me and despised my counsels.