6:55 All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes
6:56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.
6:57 And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have ever been reputed as nothing, have begun to be lords over us, and to devour us.
6:58 But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands.
6:59 If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?
7:1 And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:
7:2 And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.
7:3 And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.
7:4 But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;
7:5 Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it? if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?