2 Esdras 5:14-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Conclusion of the Vision

¹⁴ Then I woke up, and my body shuddered violently, and my soul was so troubled that it fainted. ¹⁵ But the angel who had come and talked with me held me and strengthened me and set me on my feet.

¹⁶ Now on the second night Phaltiel, a chief of the people, came to me and said, ‘Where have you been? And why is your face sad?