he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and
hear a mighty sounding voice.
2 Esdr 6:14
And it shall be as it were a great motion; but the place
where thou standest shall not be moved.
2 Esdr 6:15
And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid: for the word is
of the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood.
2 Esdr 6:16
And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is
moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be
changed.
2 Esdr 6:17
And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my
feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake,
and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
2 Esdr 6:18
And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw
nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
2 Esdr 6:19
And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that
have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the
affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;
2 Esdr 6:20
And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be
finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be
opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together:
2 Esdr 6:21
And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices,
the women with child shall bring forth untimely children of
three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up.
2 Esdr 6:22
And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full
storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:
2 Esdr 6:23
And tha trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man
heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.
2 Esdr 6:24
At that time shall friends fight one against another like
enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell
therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in
three hours they shall not run.
2 Esdr 6:25
Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee
shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.
2 Esdr 6:26
And the men that are received shall see it, who have not
tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants
shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.
2 Esdr 6:27
For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched.
2 Esdr 6:28
As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be
overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit,
shall be declared.
2 Esdr 6:29
And when he talked with me, behold, I looked by little an
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