2 Esdras 8:18
17. Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.18. But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.19. Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
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