2 Esdras 4:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵ And likewise, the waves of the sea also formed a plan and said, ‘Come, let’s go up and subdue the forest on the plain so that there too we may complete another region for ourselves.’ ¹⁶ But the plan of the forest came to naught, for fire came and consumed it. ¹⁷ Likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood firm and prevented it.