2 Esdras 1:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.

Ezra’s Prophetic Call

⁴ The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁵ “Go and declare to my people their evil deeds, and to their children the iniquities which they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children’s children