2 Esdras 4:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴ If you can say anything to me about one of these, I will show you the way you want to see, and I will teach you why the heart leans toward evil.”

⁵ I said, “Speak, my Lord.”

He said to me, “Go, weigh for me the weight of fire, or measure for me a blast of wind, or call back for me the day that is past.”

⁶ I answered, “Who alive can do this? How can you ask me these things?”