2 Esdras 1:23

23 I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water and made the river sweet.

2 Esdras 1:23 In-Context

21 I divided among you a fruitful land; I cast out the Canaanites, the Perizzites and the Philistines before you. What shall I yet do more for you? saith the Lord.

22 "`Thus saith the Almighty Lord: When ye were in the wilderness, at the river of the Amorites, being athirst and blaspheming My name,

23 I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water and made the river sweet.

24 "`What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? Thou, Judah, wouldest not obey Me. I will turn Me to other nations, and unto those will I give My name, that they may keep My statutes.

25 Seeing ye have forsaken Me, I will forsake you also; when ye desire Me to be gracious unto you, I shall have no mercy upon you.