THE second cepher of the prophet Ezra, the son of Serayahu, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Chilqiyahu, the son of Shallum, the son of Tsadoq, the son of Achiytuv,
The son of Aviyshua, the son of Piynechac, the son of Eliy, the son of Amaryahu, the son of Azaryahu, the son of Merayoth, the son of Buqqiy, the son of Aviyshua, the son of Piynechac, the son of El`azar,
The son of Aharon, of the tribe of Leviy; which was captive in the land of the Madai, in the reign of Artachshashta king of the Persians.
And the Word of Yahuah came unto me, saying,
Go your way, and show my people their sinful deeds, and their children their wickedness which they have done against me; that they may tell their children's children:
Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them: for they have forgotten me, and have offered unto strange elohiym.
Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage? but they have provoked me unto wrath, and despised my counsels.
Pull off then the hair of your head, and cast all evil upon them, for they have not been obedient unto my Torah, but it is a rebellious people.
How long shall I forbear them, into whom I have done so much good?
Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes; Phar'oh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down.
All the nations have I destroyed before them, and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tsor and Tsiydon, and have slain all their enemies.
Speak therefore unto them, saying, Thus says Yahuah,
I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe passage; I gave you Mosheh for a leader, and Aharon for a priest.
I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, says Yahuah.
Thus says El Shaddai Yahuah, The quails were as a sign to you; I gave you tents for your safeguard: nevertheless ye murmured there,
And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.
Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me,
Saying, Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Mitsriym, than to die in this wilderness.
Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels' bread.
When ye were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees.
I divided among you a fruitful land, I cast out the Kena`aniym, the Perriziym, and the Pelishtiym, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? says Yahuah.
Thus says El Shaddai Yahuah, When ye were in the wilderness, in the river of the Emoriym, being athirst, and blaspheming my name,
I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet.
What shall I do unto you, O Ya`aqov? you, Yahudah, would not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my name, that they may guard my statutes.
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.
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.
Ye have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves, says Yahuah.
Thus says El Shaddai Yahuah, Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babes,
That ye would be my people, and I should be your Elohiym; that ye would be my children, and I should be your Father?
I gathered you together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from my face.
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.
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, says Yahuah.
Thus says El Shaddai Yahuah, Your house is desolate, I will cast you out as the wind does stubble.
And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an evil before me.
Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have showed no signs, yet they shall do the things that I command them.
They have seen no prophets, yet they shall call their sins to remembrance, and acknowledge them.
I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness: and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in the ruach they believe the thing that I say.
And now, brother, behold what glory; and see the people that come from the east:
Unto whom I will give for leaders, Avraham, Yitschaq, and Ya`aqov, Husha, Amoc, and Miykayahu, Yo'el, Ovadyahu, and Yonah,
Nachum, and Chabaqquq, Tsephanyahu, Chaggai, Zakaryahu, and Mal'akiy, which is called also an angel of Yahuah.