Common English Bible

2 Esdras 6:4-7 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. before the heights of the airwere lifted up,before the measuresof the firmament were named,before Zion’s footstool was established,

5. before the present yearswere reckoned,before the imaginations of thosewho now sin were alienated,before those who stored up faithas a treasure were sealed—

6. then I planned these things. As they were done by me and not by another, so also the end will come by me and not through another."

7. I answered, "What separates the times? When is the end of the first and the beginning of that which follows?"