4 before the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, before the footstool of Zion was established, (WEB) 5 before the present years were reckoned, before the imaginations of those who now sin were estranged, and before they were sealed who have gathered faith for a treasure— (WEB) 6 then I considered these things, and they all were made through me alone, and not through another; just as by me also they will be ended, and not by another.” (WEB)
2 Esdras 6:4–6
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