One man will long to see another, or even to hear his voice: Because so many people have died, the survivors will be found only at great distances from each other, and they will be desperately lonely. An alternative model for this verse is:

• A person will ache [or, yearn] to see someone else, or just to hear a human voice.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.