2 He said to me, “Rise, Esdras, and hear the words that I have come to tell you.” (WEB) 3 I said, “Speak on, my Lord.” Then he said to me, “There is a sea set in a wide place, that it might be broad and vast, (WEB) 4 but its entrance is set in a narrow place so as to be like a river. (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:2–4
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