2 Esdras 7:1

1 When I had finished speaking, the same angel that had been sent to me on the earlier nights appeared again.

2 Esdras 7:1 In-Context

1 When I had finished speaking, the same angel that had been sent to me on the earlier nights appeared again.

2 He said, "Stand up, Ezra, and listen to what I have come to tell you."

3 "Go ahead, sir," I said. He continued, "Picture in your mind a broad, immense sea spreading over a vast area,

4 but with an entrance no wider than a river.

5 No one who wishes to enter that sea, whether to visit it or control it, can reach its broad expanse of water without passing through the narrow entrance.