2 Esdras 3:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² because I saw the desolation of Zion and the wealth of those who lived in Babylon. ³ My spirit was greatly agitated, and I began to speak anxious words to the Most High, and said, ⁴ “O sovereign Lord, didst thou not speak at the beginning when thou didst form the earth—and that without help—and didst command the dust^[a]