2 Esdras 5:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²³ I said, ‘O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees you have chosen one vine, ²⁴ and from all the lands of the world you have chosen for yourself one region,^[a] and from all the flowers of the world you have chosen for yourself one lily, ²⁵ and from all the depths of the sea you have filled for yourself one river, and from all the cities that have been built you have consecrated Zion for yourself,