2 Esdras 6:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ and before the beautiful flowers were seen, and before the powers of movement^[a] were established, and before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together, ⁴ and before the heights of the air were lifted up, and before the measures of the firmaments were named, and before the footstool of Zion was established, ⁵ and before the present years were reckoned; and before the imaginations of those who now sin were estranged, and before those who stored up treasures of faith were sealed—