2 Esdras 1:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.^[a]

Ezra’s Prophetic Call

⁴The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁵‘Go, declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities that they have committed against me, so that they may tell^[b] their children’s children

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Footnotes

2 Esdras 1:3 Other ancient authorities, which place chapters 1 and 2 after 16.78, lack verses 1–3 and begin the chapter: The word of the Lord that came to Ezra son of Chusi in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar, saying, ‘Go,
2 Esdras 1:5 Other ancient authorities read nourish

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