2 Esdras 5:2

2 Wickedness will increase until it has become worse than you have ever known it to be. 1

2 Esdras 5:2 In-Context

1 "But these are the signs: The time will come when all people on earth will be in the grip of great confusion. The way of truth will be hidden, and no faith will be left in the land.
2 Wickedness will increase until it has become worse than you have ever known it to be.
3 The country that you now see ruling the world will lie in ruins, with no inhabitant or traveler there.
4 After that, if God Most High lets you live long enough, you will see that country in confusion. The sun will suddenly start shining at night, and the moon in the daytime.
5 Blood will drip from trees; stones will speak; nations will be in confusion; the movement of the stars will be changed.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 5.2Matthew 24.12.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.