2 Esdras 13:1-10

1 The seven days passed, and the following night I had a dream.
2 In my dream I saw a wind coming up out of the sea and stirring up great waves.
3 As I watched, the wind brought with it out of the sea what looked like a man, and he was flying on the clouds. When he turned his face, everything he looked at began to tremble, 1
4 and when he spoke, everyone who heard his voice melted like wax in a fire.
5 I looked again and saw a crowd too large to count. They were people gathered together from all parts of the world to fight against the man who had come up out of the sea.
6 Then I watched the man carve out a high mountain and fly up on it. 2
7 I tried to see the place or the region from which the mountain was carved, but I couldn't.
8 Then I saw that all the people who had come together to make war against him were terrified, but they still prepared to fight him.
9 When the man saw the great crowd advancing to attack him, he did not take up any weapons.
10 The only thing I saw was what looked like a stream of fire coming out of his mouth. He sent a flaming wind from his lips and a storm of sparks from his tongue. The stream of fire, the flaming wind, and the great storm combined

Cross References 2

  • 1. 13.3Daniel 7.13;2 Esdras 13.32.
  • 2. 13.6Daniel 2.45.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] the wind . . . man; [Latin does not have these words.]
  • [b]. [Some ancient translations] flying; [Latin] growing strong.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.