2 Esdras 6:4

4 and before the heights of the air were lifted up, and before the measures of the firmaments were named, and before the footstool of Zion was established,

2 Esdras 6:4 In-Context

2 and before the rumblings of thunder sounded, and before the flashes of lightning shone, and before the foundations of paradise were laid,

3 and before the beautiful flowers were seen, and before the powers of movements were established, and before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together,

4 and before the heights of the air were lifted up, and before the measures of the firmaments were named, and before the footstool of Zion was established,

5 and before the present years were reckoned and before the imaginations of those who now sin were estranged, and before those who stored up treasures of faith were sealed—

6 then I planned these things, and they were made through me alone and not through another; just as the end shall come through me alone and not through another."