2 Esdras 4:36

36 Then Jeremiel the angel answered them, ‘When the number of those like you is complete, for God has weighed the world in a balance

2 Esdras 4:36 In-Context

34 He answered: "Don't be in a greater hurry than the Most High. You hurry only for yourself, but the Most High on behalf of many.

35 Didn't the souls of the just in their resting places ask about these things, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here, and when will the harvest of our reward come?'

36 Then Jeremiel the angel answered them, ‘When the number of those like you is complete, for God has weighed the world in a balance

37 and measured the times by measure and numbered the times by number, and he won't move or arouse himself until the prescribed measure is fulfilled.'"

38 I answered: "Supreme Lord, we all are also full of impiety.

Footnotes

• [a] Syr; Lat when the number of seeds is completed for you