2 Esdras 6:3-5

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³ and before the beautiful flowers were seen, and before the powers of movements^[a] were established, and before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together,^{(A) 4} and before the heights of the air were lifted up, and before the measures of the firmaments were named, and before the footstool of Zion was established,^{(B) 5} and before the present years were reckoned, and before the imaginations of those who now sin were estranged, and before those who stored up treasures of faith were sealed^(C)—