2 Esdras 8:20

2 Esdras 8:20 Context

¹⁷Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land. ¹⁸But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come. ¹⁹Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said, ²⁰O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air; ²¹Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling, ²²Whose service is conversant in wind and fire; whose word is true, and sayings constant; whose commandment is strong, and ordinance fearful; ²³Whose look drieth up the depths, and indignation maketh the mountains to melt away; which the truth witnesseth:

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