18 So get up and eat. Do not abandon us like a shepherd leaving his flock to the attacks of savage wolves.”
19 “Leave me alone,” I answered. “Do not come near me for the next seven days. Then come back.” So he left.
20 Then, crying and mourning, I fasted for seven days, as the angel Uriel had commanded me to do.
21 At the end of the seven days, I was again deeply troubled,
22 but I recovered my ability to think, and again I began to speak with God Most High.
23 “Lord and Master,” I said, “from all the forests and the plants on earth you have chosen this one vine.
24 From all the countries of the world, you have chosen this one small land. From all the flowers in the world, you have chosen this one lily.