2 Esdras 7:3

3 I said, "Speak, my Lord." He said to me: "A certain sea is set in a spacious place so that it can be deep and vast,

2 Esdras 7:3 In-Context

1 When I finished speaking these words, the angel who had been sent to me on the previous nights was sent to me again.

2 He said to me, "Rise, Ezra, and hear the words I have come to speak to you."

3 I said, "Speak, my Lord." He said to me: "A certain sea is set in a spacious place so that it can be deep and vast,

4 but its entrance is set in a narrow place, like a river.

5 If anyone wants to go to the sea to see it or to rule over it, how can he come into the broad place unless he passes through the narrow?