2 Esdras 10:27-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁷ When I looked up, the woman was no longer visible to me, but a city was being built,^[a] and a place of huge foundations showed itself. I was afraid, and cried with a loud voice and said, ²⁸ ‘Where is the angel Uriel, who came to me at first? For it was he who brought me into this overpowering bewilderment; my end has become corruption, and my prayer a reproach.’

Uriel’s Interpretation of the Vision

²⁹ While I was speaking these words, the angel who had come to me at first came to me, and when he saw me