2 Esdras 4:47

47 And he said to me, "Stand at my right side, and I will show you the interpretation of a parable."

2 Esdras 4:47 In-Context

45 show me this also: whether more time is to come than has passed, or whether for us the greater part has gone by.

46 For I know what has gone by, but I do not know what is to come."

47 And he said to me, "Stand at my right side, and I will show you the interpretation of a parable."

48 So I stood and looked, and behold, a flaming furnace passed by before me, and when the flame had gone by I looked, and behold, the smoke remained.

49 And after this a cloud full of water passed before me and poured down a heavy and violent rain, and when the rainstorm had passed, drops remained in the cloud.