2 Esdras 9:5

5 For just as with everything that has occurred in the world, the beginning is evident, and the end manifest;

2 Esdras 9:5 In-Context

3 So when there shall appear in the world earthquakes, tumult of peoples, intrigues of nations, wavering of leaders, confusion of princes,

4 then you will know that it was of these that the Most High spoke from the days that were of old, from the beginning.

5 For just as with everything that has occurred in the world, the beginning is evident, and the end manifest;

6 so also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in penalties and in signs.

7 "It shall be that all who will be saved and will be able to escape on account of their works, or on account of the faith by which they have believed,

Footnotes

• [a]. Syr: Ethiop [is in the word]; Meaning of Lat uncertain