2 Esdras 11:36-38

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

A Lion Roused from the Forest

³⁶ Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Look in front of you and consider what you see.’ ³⁷ When I looked, I saw what seemed to be a lion roused from the forest, roaring; and I heard how it uttered a human voice to the eagle, and spoke, saying, ³⁸ ‘Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,