2 Esdr 12:28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself.
2 Esdr 12:29 And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side;
2 Esdr 12:30 It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest.
2 Esdr 12:31 And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;
2 Esdr 12:32 This is the anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and shall upbraid them with their cruelty.
2 Esdr 12:33 For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall rebuke them, and correct them.
2 Esdr 12:34 For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from the the beginning.
2 Esdr 12:35 This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the interpretations.
2 Esdr 12:36 Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest.
2 Esdr 12:37 Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:
2 Esdr 12:38 And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets.
2 Esdr 12:39 But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may be shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee. And with that he went his way.
2 Esdr 12:40 And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said,
2 Esdr 12:41 What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?
2 Esdr 12:42 For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
2 Esdr 12:43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
2 Esdr 12:44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
2 Esdr 12:45 For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
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Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob:
2 Esdr 12:47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.
2 Esdr 12:48 As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.
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And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
2 Esdr 12:50 So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded them:
2 Esdr 12:51 But I remained still in the field seven days, as the angel commanded me; and did eat only in those days of the flowers of the field, and had my meat of the herbs
2 Esdr 13:1 And it came to pass after seven days, I dreamed a dream by night:
2 Esdr 13:2 And, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof.
2 Esdr 13:3 And I beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the things trembled that were seen under him.
2 Esdr 13:4 And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.
2 Esdr 13:5 And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of the heaven, to subdue the man that came out of the sea
2 Esdr 13:6 But I beheld, and, lo, he had graved himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it.
2 Esdr 13:7 But I would have seen the region or place whereout the hill was graven, and I could not.
2 Esdr 13:8 And after this I beheld, and, lo, all they which were gathered together to subdue him were sore afraid, and yet durst fight.
2 Esdr 13:9 And, lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war:
2 Esdr 13:10 But only I saw that he sent out of his mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out sparks and tempests.
2 Esdr 13:11 And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.
2 Esdr 13:12 Afterward saw I the same man come down from the mountain, and call unto him another peaceable Multitude.
2 Esdr 13:13 And there came much people unto him, whereof some were glad, some were sorry, and some of them were bound, and other some brought of them that were offered: then was I sick through great fear, and I awaked, and said,
2 Esdr 13:14 Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer:
2 Esdr 13:15 Shew me now yet the interpretation of this dream.
2 Esdr 13:16 For as I conceive in mine understanding, woe unto them that shall be left in those days and much more woe unto them that are not left behind!
2 Esdr 13:17 For they that were not left were in heaviness.
2 Esdr 13:18 Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.
2 Esdr 13:19 Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare.
2 Esdr 13:20 Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
2 Esdr 13:21 The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
2 Esdr 13:22 Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
2 Esdr 13:23 He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
2 Esdr 13:24 Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
2 Esdr 13:25 This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
2 Esdr 13:26 The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.
2 Esdr 13:27 And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;
2 Esdr 13:28 And that he held neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to subdue him; this is the interpretation:
2 Esdr 13:29 Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
2 Esdr 13:30 And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.
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