2 Esdras 8:19

19 Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I shall speak before Thee." This is the beginning of the words of Ezra, before he was taken up. And I said:

2 Esdras 8:19 In-Context

17 therefore will I begin to pray before Thee for myself and for them, for I see the failings of us that dwell in the land.

18 But I have heard the swiftness of the Judge which is to come.

19 Therefore hear my voice and understand my words, and I shall speak before Thee." This is the beginning of the words of Ezra, before he was taken up. And I said:

20 "O Lord, Thou that dwellest in everlastingness, who beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air,

21 whose throne is inestimable, whose glory may not be comprehended, before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,