2 Esdras 11:36-38

Revised Standard Version

A Lion Roused from the Forest

³⁶ Then I heard a voice saying to me, “Look before you and consider what you see.” ³⁷ And I looked, and behold, a creature like a lion was aroused out of the forest, roaring; and I heard how he uttered a man’s voice to the eagle, and spoke, saying, ³⁸ “Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,