2 Esdras 8:19

19 Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I will speak before you." The beginning of the words of Ezra's prayer, before he was taken up. He said:

2 Esdras 8:19 In-Context

17 Therefore I will pray before you for myself and for them, for I see the failings of us who inhabit the earth;

18 and now also I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come.

19 Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I will speak before you." The beginning of the words of Ezra's prayer, before he was taken up. He said:

20 "O Lord, you who inhabit eternity, whose eyes are exalted and whose upper chambers are in the air,

21 whose throne is beyond measure and whose glory is beyond comprehension, before whom the hosts of angels stand trembling

Footnotes

• [a]. Syr Ethiop; Lat [beginning of Ezra's words]