2 Esdras 13:19

19 But alas for those also who are left, and for that very reason! For they shall see great dangers and much distress, as these dreams show.

2 Esdras 13:19 In-Context

17 For those who are not left will be sad,

18 because they understand what is reserved for the last days, but cannot attain it.

19 But alas for those also who are left, and for that very reason! For they shall see great dangers and much distress, as these dreams show.

20 Yet it is better to come into these things, though incurring peril, than to pass from the world like a cloud, and not to see what shall happen in the last days." He answered me and said,

21 "I will tell you the interpretation of the vision, and I will also explain to you the things which you have mentioned.