2 Esdras 1:28

28 "`Thus saith the Almighty Lord: Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters and a nurse her young babes,

2 Esdras 1:28 In-Context

26 Whensoever ye shall call upon Me, I will not hear you; for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.

27 Ye have not, as it were, forsaken Me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.

28 "`Thus saith the Almighty Lord: Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters and a nurse her young babes,

29 that ye would be My people and I should be your God, that ye would be My children and I should be your Father?

30 I gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings. But now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from My face.