2 Esdras 6:18

18 And it said, "Behold, the days come that I will begin to draw nigh and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,

2 Esdras 6:18 In-Context

16 And why? Because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved, for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed."

17 And it happened that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet and hearkened, and behold, there was a voice that spoke, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.

18 And it said, "Behold, the days come that I will begin to draw nigh and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,

19 and will begin to make inquisition of them what they be who have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness and when the affliction of Zion shall be fulfilled.

20 And when the world, which shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I show these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together;