2 Esdras 6:3-5

Common English Bible

³ before beautiful flowers were seen,
before the powers of movement
were established,
before the innumerable heavenly armies of angels were assembled,
⁴ before the heights of the air
were lifted up,
before the measures
of the firmament were named,
before Zion’s footstool was established,
⁵ before the present years
were reckoned,
before the imaginations of those
who now sin were alienated,
before those who stored up faith
as a treasure were sealed—