2 Esdras 5:24-26

Revised Standard Version

²⁴ and from all the lands of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one region,^[a] and from all the flowers of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one lily, ²⁵ and from all the depths of the sea thou hast filled for thyself one river, and from all the cities that have been built thou hast consecrated Zion for thyself, ²⁶ and from all the birds that have been created thou hast named for thyself one dove, and from all the flocks that have been made thou hast provided for thyself one sheep,