2 Esdras 13:25-35

25 "This is the interpretation of the vision: As for your seeing a man come up from the heart of the sea,
26 this is he whom the Most High has been keeping for many ages, who will himself deliver his creation; and he will direct those who are left.
27 And as for your seeing wind and fire and a storm coming out of his mouth,
28 and as for his not holding a spear or weapon of war, yet destroying the onrushing multitude that came to conquer him, this is the interpretation:
29 The days are coming when the Most High will deliver those who are on the earth.
30 And bewilderment of mind shall come over those who inhabit the earth.
31 They shall plan to make war against one another, city against city, place against place, people against people, and kingdom against kingdom.
32 When these things take place and the signs occur that I showed you before, then my Son will be revealed, whom you saw as a man coming up from the sea.
33 "Then, when all the nations hear his voice, all the nations shall leave their own lands and the warfare that they have against one another;
34 and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, wishing to come and conquer him.
35 But he shall stand on the top of Mount Zion.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Syr and most Lat Mss lack [from the sea]
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