2 Esdras 5:21-23

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Ezra’s Second Prayer of Complaint

²¹ After seven days the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again.^{(A) 22} Then my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began once more to speak words in the presence of the Most High.^{(B) 23} I said, “O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth, and from all its trees you have chosen one vine,^(C)