thee, and despised thy commandments.

2 Esdr 3:9
And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon
those that dwelt in the world, and destroyedst them.

2 Esdr 3:10
And it came to pass in every of them, that as death was to Adam,
so was the flood to these.

2 Esdr 3:11
Nevertheless one of them thou leftest, namely, Noah with his
household, of whom came all righteous men.

2 Esdr 3:12
And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began
to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great
people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.

2 Esdr 3:13
Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst
choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.

2 Esdr 3:14
Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:

2 Esdr 3:15
And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him
that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.

2 Esdr 3:16
And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou
gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to
thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.

2 Esdr 3:17
And it came to pass, that when thou leadest his seed out of
Egypt, thou broughtest them up to the mount Sinai.

2 Esdr 3:18
And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth, movedst
the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubledst
the men of that age.

2 Esdr 3:19
And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake,
and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give the law unto the
seed of Jacob, and diligence unto the generation of Israel.

2 Esdr 3:20
And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that
thy law might bring forth fruit in them.

2 Esdr 3:21
For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and
was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.

2 Esdr 3:22
Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the
heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the
good departed away, and the evil abode still.

2 Esdr 3:23
So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end:
then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:

2 Esdr 3:24
Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to
offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.

2 Esdr 3:25
When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the
city forsook thee,

2 Esdr 3:26
And in all things did even as Adam and all his gene