now thou
seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.

2 Esdr 5:3
And the land, that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou
see wasted suddenly.

2 Esdr 5:4
But if the most High grant thee to live, thou shalt see after
the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the
night, and the moon thrice in the day:

2 Esdr 5:5
And blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give
his voice, and the people shall be troubled:

2 Esdr 5:6
And even he shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell
upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away
together:

2 Esdr 5:7
And the Sodomitish sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise
in the night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear
the voice thereof.

2 Esdr 5:8
There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire
shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change
their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:

2 Esdr 5:9
And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends
shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and
understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber,

2 Esdr 5:10
And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall
unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.

2 Esdr 5:11
One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness
that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say,
No.

2 Esdr 5:12
At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they
shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.

2 Esdr 5:13
To shew thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray
again, and weep as now, and fast even days, thou shalt hear yet
greater things.

2 Esdr 5:14
Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my
body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.

2 Esdr 5:15
So the angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted
me, and set me up upon my feet.

2 Esdr 5:16
And in the second night it came to pass, that Salathiel the
captain of the people came unto me, saying, Where hast thou
been? and why is thy countenance so heavy?

2 Esdr 5:17
Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the
land of their captivity?

2 Esdr 5:18
Up then, and eat bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd
that leaveth his flock in the hands of cruel wolves.

2 Esdr 5:19
Then said I unto him, Go thy ways from me, and come not nigh
me. And he heard what I said, and went from me.