Gen 11:4, Ezr 9:6 | ESV | STEP | Then they said , Come , let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens , and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth .

c ver. 7, 13, 15; ch. 10:10, 19; 2 Chr. 24:18

Genesis 11:4

4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower ^awith its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

Ezra 9:6

6 saying:

“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities ^bhave risen higher than our heads, and our ^cguilt has ^dmounted up to the heavens.