2 Esdras 7:53-55

Common English Bible

⁵³ I said, “Lord, who would do such a thing?”

⁵⁴ He said to me, “Not only this, but ask the earth and it will inform you; flatter it and it will tell you. ⁵⁵ Say to it: You create gold, silver, bronze, iron, and also lead and clay.