Esdras 10:12-13

12καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία καὶ εἶπαν Μέγα τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐφ ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι·

13ἀλλὰ ὁ λαὸς πολύς, καὶ ὁ καιρὸς χειμερινός, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν δύναμις στῆναι ἔξω· καὶ τὸ ἔργον οὐκ εἰς ἡμέραν μίαν καὶ οὐκ εἰς δύο, ὅτι ἐπληθύναμεν τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι ἐν τῷ ῥήματι τούτῳ.