2 Esdras 9:23

23 "And now, Ezra, you must wait seven more days, but do not fast this time.

2 Esdras 9:23 In-Context

21 When I saw this, I found it very difficult to spare them, but I saved a few for myself, one grape out of a bunch and one tree out of a great forest.

22 So let them perish - all those people who were born only to be lost. But let my chosen people be kept safe - those for whom I worked so hard to bring to perfection.

23 "And now, Ezra, you must wait seven more days, but do not fast this time.

24 Go to a field of wild flowers where no one has ever lived and eat nothing but the flowers - do not eat any meat or drink any wine.

25 Pray the whole time to God Most High. Then I will come and talk with you again."