2 Esdras 14:25-27

Revised Standard Version

²⁵ and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you are about to write is finished. ²⁶ And when you have finished, some things you shall make public, and some you shall deliver in secret to the wise; tomorrow at this hour you shall begin to write.”

Ezra’s Last Words to the People

²⁷ Then I went as he commanded me, and I gathered all the people together, and said,