2 Esdras 1:30

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.

2 Esdras 1:30 In-Context

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.

31 When ye offer unto Me, I will turn My face from you; for your solemn feast days, your new moons, and your circumcisions have I forsaken.

32 I sent unto you My servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and slain and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require of your hands, saith the Lord.