2 Esdras 3:1-3

Common English Bible

First dialogue

3 ^[a] In the thirtieth year after our city was destroyed, I, Salathiel, who am also Ezra, was in Babylon. I was disturbed as I lay on my bed, and my thoughts kept welling up inside me, ² because I saw how Zion lay in ruins and how those who lived in Babylon enjoyed abundance. ³ I was deeply disturbed, and I began to speak reverently to the Most High: