26 and of all the fowls that are created you have named you one dove: and of all the cattle that are made you have provided you one sheep:
27 and among all the multitudes of peoples you have gotten you one people: and to this people, whom you loved, you gave a law that is approved of all.
28 And now, O Lord, why have you given this one people over to many, and have dishonored the one root above others, and have scattered your only one among many?
29 And they which did gainsay your promises have trodden them down that believed your covenants.
30 If you do so much hate your people, they should be punished with your own hands.
31 Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night before was sent to me,
32 and said to me, Hear me, and I will instruct you; hearken to me, and I shall tell you more.