2 Esdras 7:53-55

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵³ I said, ‘Lord, how could that be?’ ⁵⁴ And he said to me, ‘Not only that, but ask the earth and she will tell you; defer to her, and she will declare it to you. ⁵⁵ Say to her, “You produce gold and silver and bronze, and also iron and lead and clay;