Common English Bible

2 Esdras 10:39-44 Common English Bible (CEB)

39. He saw that you walk the straight way, because you grieve for your people without ceasing and you mourn greatly over Zion.

40. "Here then is the meaning of the vision. This is the explanation of the woman who appeared to you a little while ago,

41. whom you saw mourning and whom you began to console

42. (though now you don’t see a woman, but a fully constructed city has appeared to you),

43. and who told you about the fate of her son.

44. This woman whom you saw is Zion, whom you now see built as a city.