2 Esdras 15:29-39

29 The nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots, and from the day that they set out, their hissing shall spread over the earth, so that all who hear them will fear and tremble.
30 Also the Carmonians, raging in wrath, shall go forth like wild boars from the forest, and with great power they shall come and engage them in battle, and with their tusks they shall devastate a portion of the land of the Assyrians with their teeth.
31 And then the dragons, remembering their origin, shall become still stronger; and if they combine in great power and turn to pursue them,
32 then these shall be disorganized and silenced by their power, and shall turn and flee.
33 And from the land of the Assyrians an enemy in ambush shall attack them and destroy one of them, and fear and trembling shall come upon their army, and indecision upon their kings.
34 See the clouds from the east, and from the north to the south! Their appearance is exceedingly threatening, full of wrath and storm.
35 They shall clash against one another and shall pour out a heavy tempest on the earth, and their own tempest; and there shall be blood from the sword as high as a horse's belly
36 and a man's thigh and a camel's hock.
37 And there shall be fear and great trembling on the earth; those who see that wrath shall be horror-stricken, and they shall be seized with trembling.
38 After that, heavy storm clouds shall be stirred up from the south, and from the north, and another part from the west.
39 But the winds from the east shall prevail over the cloud that was raised in wrath, and shall dispel it; and the tempest that was to cause destruction by the east wind shall be driven violently toward the south and west.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Other ancient authorities lack [like wild boars]
  • [b]. Cn: Lat [dragon]
  • [c]. Other ancient authorities read [turn their face to the north]
  • [d]. Meaning of Lat uncertain
  • [e]. Literally [that he]
  • [f]. Meaning of Lat uncertain
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