2 Esdras 9:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²² So let the multitude perish that has been born in vain, but let my grape and my plant be saved, because with much labour I have perfected them.

²³ ‘Now, if you will let seven days more pass—do not, however, fast during them, ²⁴ but go into a field of flowers where no house has been built, and eat only of the flowers of the field, and taste no meat and drink no wine, but eat only flowers—