2 Esdras 8:17-19

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¹⁷ Therefore I will pray before you for myself and for them, for I see the failings of us who inhabit the earth,^{(A) 18} and now also^[a] I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come.^{(B) 19} Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I will speak before you.”

Ezra’s Prayer

The beginning of the words of Ezra’s prayer,^[b] before he was taken up. He said:^(C)