commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

2Esdr 2:48
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people
what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy
God, thou hast seen.

2Esdr 3:1
In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in
Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up
over my heart:

2Esdr 3:2
For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that
dwelt at Babylon.

2Esdr 3:3
And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words
full of fear to the most High, and said,

2Esdr 3:4
O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when
thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and
commandedst the people,

2Esdr 3:5
And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the
workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the
breath of life, and he was made living before thee.