2 Esdras 5:20

Second dialogue

20 I didn't eat food for seven days, wailing and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me.

2 Esdras 5:20 In-Context

18 Arise then, and take some food so that you may not abandon us like a shepherd who leaves his flock in the power of cruel wolves."

19 I said to him, "Leave me and don't come near me again for seven days. After that, you will come to me." He heard how I spoke and withdrew from me.

20 I didn't eat food for seven days, wailing and weeping, as the angel Uriel had commanded me.

21 After seven days, my deepest thoughts were again very troubling to me.

22 Then I recovered my wits and I began again to speak words before the Most High: