2 Esdras 5:24-26

Common English Bible

²⁴ and from all this world’s lands you chose for yourself one region,^[a] and from all the world’s flowers you chose for yourself one lily, ²⁵ and from all the ocean’s depths you filled for yourself one river, and from all cities that have been built you dedicated for yourself Zion, ²⁶ and from all the created birds you named for yourself one dove, and from all the flocks that have been made you provided for yourself one sheep,