2 Esdras 1:32

32 I sent you my servants the prophets, but you have taken and killed them and torn their bodies ^[a] in pieces; I will require their blood of you, says the Lord. ^[b]

2 Esdras 1:32 In-Context

30 I gathered you as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But now, what shall I do to you? I will cast you out from my presence.

31 When you offer oblations to me, I will turn my face from you; for I have rejected your festal days, and new moons, and circumcisions of the flesh.

32 I sent you my servants the prophets, but you have taken and killed them and torn their bodies in pieces; I will require their blood of you, says the Lord.

33 "Thus says the Lord Almighty: Your house is desolate; I will drive you out as the wind drives straw;

34 and your sons will have no children, because with you they have neglected my commandment and have done what is evil in my sight.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [the bodies of the apostles]
• [b] Other ancient authorities add [Thus says the Lord Almighty: Recently you also laid hands on me, crying out before the judge's seat for him to deliver me to you. You took me as a sinner, not as a father who freed you from slavery, and you delivered me to death by hanging me on the tree; these are the things you have done. Therefore, says the Lord, let my Father and his angels return and judge between you and me; if I have not kept the commandment of the Father, if I have not nourished you, if I have not done the things my Father commanded, I will contend in judgment with you, says the Lord.]