2 Esdras 5:23-25

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²³ And I said, “O sovereign Lord, from every forest of the earth and from all its trees thou hast chosen one vine, ²⁴ and from all the lands of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one region,^[a] and from all the flowers of the world thou hast chosen for thyself one lily, ²⁵ and from all the depths of the sea thou hast filled for thyself one river, and from all the cities that have been built thou hast consecrated Zion for thyself,