2 Esdras 6:5

5 before the present years were reckoned, before the imaginations of those who now sin were alienated, before those who stored up faith as a treasure were sealed—

2 Esdras 6:5 In-Context

3 before beautiful flowers were seen, before the powers of movement were established, before the innumerable heavenly armies of angels were assembled,

4 before the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, before Zion's footstool was established,

5 before the present years were reckoned, before the imaginations of those who now sin were alienated, before those who stored up faith as a treasure were sealed—

6 then I planned these things. As they were done by me and not by another, so also the end will come by me and not through another."

7 I answered, "What separates the times? When is the end of the first and the beginning of that which follows?"