2 Esdras 7:27-37

27 Everyone who survives the calamities I have predicted will also see the wonderful things I will do.
28 My son the Messiah will be revealed, together with those who come with him. He will bring four hundred years of happiness to all these survivors.
29 At the end of that time, my son the Messiah and all human beings will die.
30 Then the world will return to its original silence, and for seven days it will be like it was at the beginning. No one will be left alive.
31 After seven days this corrupt age will pass out of existence and a new age will be awakened.
32 The ground will give up the dead who sleep there in silence, and the souls of the dead will be released from the places where they have been kept. 1
33 God Most High will appear on his judgment seat. Mercy and patience will vanish completely
34 and be replaced by judgment. Truth and faithfulness will once again stand firm.
35 The good and bad that people have done will be fully revealed, and reward and punishment will follow immediately.
36 The pit of torment, the fires of hell, will appear, and opposite them the Paradise of joy and rest. 2
37 "Then God Most High will say to the nations that have been raised from the dead, "Look! I am the one whom you have denied and refused to serve; it is my commands that you have rejected.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 7.32Daniel 12.2.
  • 2. 7.36Luke 16.23, 24;Revelation 9.2.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] the Messiah; [Latin] Jesus.
  • [b]. [Verses 36-105 are not found in the King James Version, but they have been restored from ancient sources.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.