2 Esdras 13:46-56

46 "Then they lived there until the last times; and now, when they are about to come again,
47 the Most High will stop the channels of the river again, so that they may be able to cross over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in peace.
48 But those who are left of your people, who are found within my holy borders, shall be saved.
49 Therefore when he destroys the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he will defend the people who remain.
50 And then he will show them very many wonders."
51 I said, "O sovereign Lord, explain this to me: Why did I see the man coming up from the heart of the sea?"
52 He said to me, "Just as no one can explore or know what is in the depths of the sea, so no one on earth can see my Son or those who are with him, except in the time of his day.
53 This is the interpretation of the dream that you saw. And you alone have been enlightened about this,
54 because you have forsaken your own ways and have applied yourself to mine, and have searched out my law;
55 for you have devoted your life to wisdom, and called understanding your mother.
56 Therefore I have shown you these things; for there is a reward laid up with the Most High. For it will be that after three more days I will tell you other things, and explain weighty and wondrous matters to you."

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Syr: Lat [stops]
  • [b]. Syr: Lat lacks [shall be saved]
  • [c]. Syr: Ethiop [except when his time and his day have come]. Lat lacks [his]
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