2 Esdras 7:53-55

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⁵³ I said, “Lord, how could that be?” ⁵⁴ And he said to me, “Not only that, but ask the earth, and she will tell you; defer to her, and she will declare it to you.^{(A) 55} Say to her, ‘You produce gold and silver and bronze and also iron and lead and clay,^(B)