2 Esdras 7:42

42 or noon or night, or dawn or shining or brightness or light, but only the splendor of the glory of the Most High, by which all shall see what has been determined for them. He answered me and said, "This present world is not the end; the full glory does not abide in it; therefore those who were strong prayed for the weak.

2 Esdras 7:42 In-Context

40 or cloud or thunder or lightning or wind or water or air, or darkness or evening or morning, and Hezekiah for the people in the days of Sennacherib, and many others prayed for many?

41 or summer or spring or heat or winter or frost or cold or hail or rain or dew, If therefore the righteous have prayed for the ungodly now, when corruption has increased and unrighteousness has multiplied, why will it not be so then as well?"

42 or noon or night, or dawn or shining or brightness or light, but only the splendor of the glory of the Most High, by which all shall see what has been determined for them. He answered me and said, "This present world is not the end; the full glory does not abide in it; therefore those who were strong prayed for the weak.

43 For it will last for about a week of years. But the day of judgment will be the end of this age and the beginning of the immortal age to come, in which corruption has passed away,

44 This is my judgment and its prescribed order; and to you alone have I shown these things." sinful indulgence has come to an end, unbelief has been cut off, and righteousness has increased and truth has appeared.