2 Esdras 5:30

30 If Thou didst so much hate Thy people, yet shouldest Thou punish them with Thine own hands."

2 Esdras 5:30 In-Context

28 And now, O Lord, why hast Thou given this one people over unto many? And upon the one root hast Thou prepared others; and why hast Thou scattered Thy only one people among many?

29 And they who did gainsay Thy promises and believed not Thy covenants have trodden them down.

30 If Thou didst so much hate Thy people, yet shouldest Thou punish them with Thine own hands."

31 Now when I had spoken these words the angel that came to me the night before was sent unto me,Œ

32 and said unto me, "Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more."