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And lo, a wind arose from the sea and stirred up[a] all its waves. As I kept looking the wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. And I saw[b] that this man flew[c] with the clouds of heaven; and wherever he turned his face to look, everything under his gaze trembled, and whenever his voice issued from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted as wax melts[d] when it feels the fire.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Esdras 13:2 Other ancient authorities read I saw a wind arise from the sea and stir up
  2. 2 Esdras 13:3 Syr: Lat lacks the wind . . . I saw
  3. 2 Esdras 13:3 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat grew strong
  4. 2 Esdras 13:4 Syr: Lat burned as the earth rests

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