2 Esdras 6:24-34

24 Friends will fight like enemies, and the earth and its people will be terrified. Rivers will stop flowing and stand still for three hours.
25 "Those who survive all these things that I have predicted will be rescued when I bring to an end this world that I created.
26 They will see those who never died but were taken up alive into heaven. The hearts and minds of people on earth will be changed. 1
27 Evil will be destroyed and deceit eliminated.
28 Faith will grow strong, corruption will be overcome, and truth, which has not produced fruit for so long, will make itself felt again."
29 While the voice was speaking, the ground beneath me began to rock back and forth.
30 Then the angel said to me, "These are the things that I have come to show you tonight.
31 Now if you will pray and fast for seven more days, I will come back and tell you even greater things,
32 because God Most High has heard your prayer; the Mighty God has seen the pure and righteous life that you have lived since your youth.
33 That is why he has sent me to show you all these things and to tell you not to be afraid but to trust him.
34 Do not be so quick to raise useless questions in the present age; then you will not be so quick to do so in the final age."

Cross References 1

  • 1. 6.26Genesis 5.24; 2 K 2.11, 12;Ben Sira 44.16;Malachi 4.5, 6.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] the ground . . . forth; [Latin unclear.]
  • [b]. [One ancient translation] tonight; [Latin unclear.]
  • [c]. [Some ancient translations] things; [Latin adds] in the daytime.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.