2 Esdras 6:26-36

26 And they shall see those who were taken up, who from their birth have not tasted death; and the heart of the earth's inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a different spirit.
27 For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched;
28 faithfulness shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which has been so long without fruit, shall be revealed."
29 While he spoke to me, little by little the place where I was standing began to rock to and fro.
30 And he said to me, "I have come to show you these things this night.
31 If therefore you will pray again and fast again for seven days, I will again declare to you greater things than these,
32 because your voice has surely been heard by the Most High; for the Mighty One has seen your uprightness and has also observed the purity that you have maintained from your youth.
33 Therefore he sent me to show you all these things, and to say to you: "Believe and do not be afraid!
34 Do not be quick to think vain thoughts concerning the former times; then you will not act hastily in the last times.' "
35 Now after this I wept again and fasted seven days in the same way as before, in order to complete the three weeks that had been prescribed for me.
36 Then on the eighth night my heart was troubled within me again, and I began to speak in the presence of the Most High.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Syr Compare Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Lat lacks [earth's]
  • [b]. Syr Ethiop Compare Arab Arm: Meaning of Lat uncertain
  • [c]. Syr Compare Ethiop: Meaning of Lat uncertain
  • [d]. Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Lat adds [by day]
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