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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:26 am
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2 Esdras 10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
10 “But it happened that when my son entered his wedding
chamber, he fell down and died. 2 So all of us put out our
lamps, and all my neighbors[a] attempted to console me; I
remained quiet until the evening of the second day. 3 But when
all of them had stopped consoling me, encouraging me to be
quiet, I got up in the night and fled, and I came to this field,
as you see. 4 And now I intend not to return to the town, but to
stay here; I will neither eat nor drink, but will mourn and fast
continually until I die.”
5 Then I broke off the reflections with which I was still
engaged, and answered her in anger and said, 6 “You most foolish
of women, do you not see our mourning, and what has happened to
us? 7 For Zion, the mother of us all, is in deep grief and great
distress. 8 It is most appropriate to mourn now, because we are
all mourning, and to be sorrowful, because we are all sorrowing;
you are sorrowing for one son, but we, the whole world, for our
mother.[b] 9 Now ask the earth, and she will tell you that it is
she who ought to mourn over so many who have come into being
upon her. 10 From the beginning all have been born of her, and
others will come; and, lo, almost all go[c] to perdition, and a
multitude of them will come to doom. 11 Who then ought to mourn
the more, she who lost so great a multitude, or you who are
grieving for one alone? 12 But if you say to me, ‘My lamentation
is not like the earth’s, for I have lost the fruit of my womb,
which I brought forth in pain and bore in sorrow; 13 but it is
with the earth according to the way of the earth—the multitude
that is now in it goes as it came’; 14 then I say to you, ‘Just
as you brought forth in sorrow, so the earth also has from the
beginning given her fruit, that is, humankind, to him who made
her.’ 15 Now, therefore, keep your sorrow to yourself, and bear
bravely the troubles that have come upon you. 16 For if you
acknowledge the decree of God to be just, you will receive your
son back in due time, and will be praised among women. 17
Therefore go into the town to your husband.”
18 She said to me, “I will not do so; I will not go into the
city, but I will die here.”
19 So I spoke again to her, and said, 20 “Do not do that, but
let yourself be persuaded—for how many are the adversities of
Zion?—and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jerusalem. 21 For
you see how our sanctuary has been laid waste, our altar thrown
down, our temple destroyed; 22 our harp has been laid low, our
song has been silenced, and our rejoicing has been ended; the
light of our lampstand has been put out, the ark of our covenant
has been plundered, our holy things have been polluted, and the
name by which we are called has been almost profaned; our
children[d] have suffered abuse, our priests have been burned to
death, our Levites have gone into exile, our virgins have been
defiled, and our wives have been ravished; our righteous men[e]
have been carried off, our little ones have been cast out, our
young men have been enslaved and our strong men made powerless.
23 And, worst of all, the seal of Zion has been deprived of its
glory, and given over into the hands of those that hate us. 24
Therefore shake off your great sadness and lay aside your many
sorrows, so that the Mighty One may be merciful to you again,
and the Most High may give you rest, a respite from your
troubles.”
25 While I was talking to her, her face suddenly began to shine
exceedingly; her countenance flashed like lightning, so that I
was too frightened to approach her, and my heart was terrified.
While[f] I was wondering what this meant, 26 she suddenly
uttered a loud and fearful cry, so that the earth shook at the
sound. 27 When I looked up, the woman was no longer visible to
me, but a city was being built,[g] and a place of huge
foundations showed itself. I was afraid, and cried with a loud
voice and said, 28 “Where is the angel Uriel, who came to me at
first? For it was he who brought me into this overpowering
bewilderment; my end has become corruption, and my prayer a
reproach.”
Uriel’s Interpretation of the Vision
29 While I was speaking these words, the angel who had come to
me at first came to me, and when he saw me 30 lying there like a
corpse, deprived of my understanding, he grasped my right hand
and strengthened me and set me on my feet, and said to me, 31
“What is the matter with you? And why are you troubled? And why
are your understanding and the thoughts of your mind troubled?”
32 I said, “It was because you abandoned me. I did as you
directed, and went out into the field, and lo, what I have seen
and can still see, I am unable to explain.”
33 He said to me, “Stand up like a man, and I will instruct
you.”
34 I said, “Speak, my lord; only do not forsake me, so that I
may not die before my time.[h] 35 For I have seen what I did not
know, and I hear[i] what I do not understand 36 —or is my mind
deceived, and my soul dreaming? 37 Now therefore I beg you to
give your servant an explanation of this bewildering vision.”
38 He answered me and said, “Listen to me, and I will teach you,
and tell you about the things that you fear; for the Most High
has revealed many secrets to you. 39 He has seen your righteous
conduct, and that you have sorrowed continually for your people
and mourned greatly over Zion. 40 This therefore is the meaning
of the vision. 41 The woman who appeared to you a little while
ago, whom you saw mourning and whom you began to console 42 (you
do not now see the form of a woman, but there appeared to you a
city being built)[j] 43 and who told you about the misfortune of
her son—this is the interpretation: 44 The woman whom you saw is
Zion, which you now behold as a city being built.[k] 45 And as
for her telling you that she was barren for thirty years, the
reason is that there were three thousand[l] years in the world
before any offering was offered in it.[m] 46 And after three
thousand[n] years Solomon built the city, and offered offerings;
then it was that the barren woman bore a son. 47 And as for her
telling you that she brought him up with much care, that was the
period of residence in Jerusalem. 48 And as for her saying to
you, ‘My son died as he entered his wedding chamber,’ and that
misfortune had overtaken her,[o] this was the destruction that
befell Jerusalem. 49 So you saw her likeness, how she mourned
for her son, and you began to console her for what had
happened.[p] 50 For now the Most High, seeing that you are
sincerely grieved and profoundly distressed for her, has shown
you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her
beauty. 51 Therefore I told you to remain in the field where no
house had been built, 52 for I knew that the Most High would
reveal these things to you. 53 Therefore I told you to go into
the field where there was no foundation of any building, 54
because no work of human construction could endure in a place
where the city of the Most High was to be revealed.
55 “Therefore do not be afraid, and do not let your heart be
terrified; but go in and see the splendor or[q] the vastness of
the building, as far as it is possible for your eyes to see it,
56 and afterward you will hear as much as your ears can hear. 57
For you are more blessed than many, and you have been called to
be with[r] the Most High as few have been. 58 But tomorrow night
you shall remain here, 59 and the Most High will show you in
those dream visions what the Most High will do to those who
inhabit the earth in the last days.”
So I slept that night and the following one, as he had told me.
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 10:2 Literally all my citizens
2 Esdras 10:8 Compare Syr: Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 10:10 Literally walk
2 Esdras 10:22 Ethiop free men
2 Esdras 10:22 Syr our seers
2 Esdras 10:25 Syr Ethiop Arab 1: Lat lacks I was too . . .
terrified. While
2 Esdras 10:27 Lat: Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arab 2 Arm but there was
an established city
2 Esdras 10:34 Syr Ethiop Arab: Lat die to no purpose
2 Esdras 10:35 Other ancient authorities read have heard
2 Esdras 10:42 Lat: Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arab 2 Arm an established
city
2 Esdras 10:44 Cn: Lat an established city
2 Esdras 10:45 Most Lat Mss read three
2 Esdras 10:45 Cn: Lat Syr Arab Arm her
2 Esdras 10:46 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat three
2 Esdras 10:48 Or him
2 Esdras 10:49 Most Lat Mss and Arab 1 add These were the things
to be opened to you
2 Esdras 10:55 Other ancient authorities read and
2 Esdras 10:57 Or been named by
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:26 am
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2 Esdras 11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Vision of the Eagle
11 On the second night I had a dream: I saw rising from the sea
an eagle that had twelve feathered wings and three heads. 2 I
saw it spread its wings over[a] the whole earth, and all the
winds of heaven blew upon it, and the clouds were gathered
around it.[b] 3 I saw that out of its wings there grew opposing
wings; but they became little, puny wings. 4 But its heads were
at rest; the middle head was larger than the other heads, but it
too was at rest with them. 5 Then I saw that the eagle flew with
its wings, and it reigned over the earth and over those who
inhabit it. 6 And I saw how all things under heaven were
subjected to it, and no one spoke against it—not a single
creature that was on the earth. 7 Then I saw the eagle rise upon
its talons, and it uttered a cry to its wings, saying, 8 “Do not
all watch at the same time; let each sleep in its own place, and
watch in its turn; 9 but let the heads be reserved for the
last.”
10 I looked again and saw that the voice did not come from its
heads, but from the middle of its body. 11 I counted its rival
wings, and there were eight of them. 12 As I watched, one wing
on the right side rose up, and it reigned over all the earth. 13
And after a time its reign came to an end, and it disappeared,
so that even its place was no longer visible. Then the next wing
rose up and reigned, and it continued to reign a long time. 14
While it was reigning its end came also, so that it disappeared
like the first. 15 And a voice sounded, saying to it, 16 “Listen
to me, you who have ruled the earth all this time; I announce
this to you before you disappear. 17 After you no one shall rule
as long as you have ruled, not even half as long.”
18 Then the third wing raised itself up, and held the rule as
the earlier ones had done, and it also disappeared. 19 And so it
went with all the wings; they wielded power one after another
and then were never seen again. 20 I kept looking, and in due
time the wings that followed[c] also rose up on the right[d]
side, in order to rule. There were some of them that ruled, yet
disappeared suddenly; 21 and others of them rose up, but did not
hold the rule.
22 And after this I looked and saw that the twelve wings and the
two little wings had disappeared, 23 and nothing remained on the
eagle’s body except the three heads that were at rest and six
little wings.
24 As I kept looking I saw that two little wings separated from
the six and remained under the head that was on the right side;
but four remained in their place. 25 Then I saw that these
little wings[e] planned to set themselves up and hold the rule.
26 As I kept looking, one was set up, but suddenly disappeared;
27 a second also, and this disappeared more quickly than the
first. 28 While I continued to look the two that remained were
planning between themselves to reign together; 29 and while they
were planning, one of the heads that were at rest (the one that
was in the middle) suddenly awoke; it was greater than the other
two heads. 30 And I saw how it allied the two heads with itself,
31 and how the head turned with those that were with it and
devoured the two little wings[f] that were planning to reign. 32
Moreover this head gained control of the whole earth, and with
much oppression dominated its inhabitants; it had greater power
over the world than all the wings that had gone before.
33 After this I looked again and saw the head in the middle
suddenly disappear, just as the wings had done. 34 But the two
heads remained, which also in like manner ruled over the earth
and its inhabitants. 35 And while I looked, I saw the head on
the right side devour the one on the left.
A Lion Roused from the Forest
36 Then I heard a voice saying to me, “Look in front of you and
consider what you see.” 37 When I looked, I saw what seemed to
be a lion roused from the forest, roaring; and I heard how it
uttered a human voice to the eagle, and spoke, saying, 38
“Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you, 39
‘Are you not the one that remains of the four beasts that I had
made to reign in my world, so that the end of my times might
come through them? 40 You, the fourth that has come, have
conquered all the beasts that have gone before; and you have
held sway over the world with great terror, and over all the
earth with grievous oppression; and for so long you have lived
on the earth with deceit.[g] 41 You have judged the earth, but
not with truth, 42 for you have oppressed the meek and injured
the peaceable; you have hated those who tell the truth, and have
loved liars; you have destroyed the homes of those who brought
forth fruit, and have laid low the walls of those who did you no
harm. 43 Your insolence has come up before the Most High, and
your pride to the Mighty One. 44 The Most High has looked at his
times; now they have ended, and his ages have reached
completion. 45 Therefore you, eagle, will surely disappear, you
and your terrifying wings, your most evil little wings, your
malicious heads, your most evil talons, and your whole worthless
body, 46 so that the whole earth, freed from your violence, may
be refreshed and relieved, and may hope for the judgment and
mercy of him who made it.’”
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 11:2 Arab 2 Arm: Lat Syr Ethiop in
2 Esdras 11:2 Syr: Compare Ethiop Arab: Lat lacks the clouds and
around it
2 Esdras 11:20 Syr Arab 2 the little wings
2 Esdras 11:20 Some Ethiop Mss read left
2 Esdras 11:25 Syr: Lat underwings
2 Esdras 11:31 Syr: Lat underwings
2 Esdras 11:40 Syr Arab Arm: Lat Ethiop The fourth came,
however, and conquered . . . and held sway . . . and for so long
lived
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:28 am
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2 Esdras 12 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 While the lion was saying these words to the eagle, I looked
2 and saw that the remaining head had disappeared. The two wings
that had gone over to it rose up and[a] set themselves up to
reign, and their reign was brief and full of tumult. 3 When I
looked again, they were already vanishing. The whole body of the
eagle was burned, and the earth was exceedingly terrified.
Then I woke up in great perplexity of mind and great fear, and I
said to my spirit, 4 “You have brought this upon me, because you
search out the ways of the Most High. 5 I am still weary in mind
and very weak in my spirit, and not even a little strength is
left in me, because of the great fear with which I have been
terrified tonight. 6 Therefore I will now entreat the Most High
that he may strengthen me to the end.”
The Interpretation of the Vision
7 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in your
sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before you beyond
many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before your
face, 8 strengthen me and show me, your servant, the
interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision so that you
may fully comfort my soul. 9 For you have judged me worthy to be
shown the end of the times and the last events of the times.”
10 He said to me, “This is the interpretation of this vision
that you have seen: 11 The eagle that you saw coming up from the
sea is the fourth kingdom that appeared in a vision to your
brother Daniel. 12 But it was not explained to him as I now
explain to you or have explained it. 13 The days are coming when
a kingdom shall rise on earth, and it shall be more terrifying
than all the kingdoms that have been before it. 14 And twelve
kings shall reign in it, one after another. 15 But the second
that is to reign shall hold sway for a longer time than any
other one of the twelve. 16 This is the interpretation of the
twelve wings that you saw.
17 “As for your hearing a voice that spoke, coming not from the
eagle’s[b] heads but from the midst of its body, this is the
interpretation: 18 In the midst of[c] the time of that kingdom
great struggles shall arise, and it shall be in danger of
falling; nevertheless it shall not fall then, but shall regain
its former power.[d] 19 As for your seeing eight little wings[e]
clinging to its wings, this is the interpretation: 20 Eight
kings shall arise in it, whose times shall be short and their
years swift; 21 two of them shall perish when the middle of its
time draws near; and four shall be kept for the time when its
end approaches, but two shall be kept until the end.
22 “As for your seeing three heads at rest, this is the
interpretation: 23 In its last days the Most High will raise up
three kings,[f] and they[g] shall renew many things in it, and
shall rule the earth 24 and its inhabitants more oppressively
than all who were before them. Therefore they are called the
heads of the eagle, 25 because it is they who shall sum up his
wickedness and perform his last actions. 26 As for your seeing
that the large head disappeared, one of the kings[h] shall die
in his bed, but in agonies. 27 But as for the two who remained,
the sword shall devour them. 28 For the sword of one shall
devour him who was with him; but he also shall fall by the sword
in the last days.
29 “As for your seeing two little wings[i] passing over to[j]
the head which was on the right side, 30 this is the
interpretation: It is these whom the Most High has kept for the
eagle’s[k] end; this was the reign which was brief and full of
tumult, as you have seen.
31 “And as for the lion whom you saw rousing up out of the
forest and roaring and speaking to the eagle and reproving him
for his unrighteousness, and as for all his words that you have
heard, 32 this is the Messiah[l] whom the Most High has kept
until the end of days, who will arise from the offspring of
David, and will come and speak[m] with them. He will denounce
them for their ungodliness and for their wickedness, and will
display before them their contemptuous dealings. 33 For first he
will bring them alive before his judgment seat, and when he has
reproved them, then he will destroy them. 34 But in mercy he
will set free the remnant of my people, those who have been
saved throughout my borders, and he will make them joyful until
the end comes, the day of judgment, of which I spoke to you at
the beginning. 35 This is the dream that you saw, and this is
its interpretation. 36 And you alone were worthy to learn this
secret of the Most High. 37 Therefore write all these things
that you have seen in a book, put it[n] in a hidden place; 38
and you shall teach them to the wise among your people, whose
hearts you know are able to comprehend and keep these secrets.
39 But as for you, wait here seven days more, so that you may be
shown whatever it pleases the Most High to show you.” Then he
left me.
The People Come to Ezra
40 When all the people heard that the seven days were past and I
had not returned to the city, they all gathered together, from
the least to the greatest, and came to me and spoke to me,
saying, 41 “How have we offended you, and what harm have we done
you, that you have forsaken us and sit in this place? 42 For of
all the prophets you alone are left to us, like a cluster of
grapes from the vintage, and like a lamp in a dark place, and
like a haven for a ship saved from a storm. 43 Are not the
disasters that have befallen us enough? 44 Therefore if you
forsake us, how much better it would have been for us if we also
had been consumed in the burning of Zion. 45 For we are no
better than those who died there.” And they wept with a loud
voice.
Then I answered them and said, 46 “Take courage, O Israel; and
do not be sorrowful, O house of Jacob; 47 for the Most High has
you in remembrance, and the Mighty One has not forgotten you in
your struggle. 48 As for me, I have neither forsaken you nor
withdrawn from you; but I have come to this place to pray on
account of the desolation of Zion, and to seek mercy on account
of the humiliation of our[o] sanctuary. 49 Now go to your homes,
every one of you, and after these days I will come to you.” 50
So the people went into the city, as I told them to do. 51 But I
sat in the field seven days, as the angel[p] had commanded me;
and I ate only of the flowers of the field, and my food was of
plants during those days.
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 12:2 Ethiop: Lat lacks rose up and
2 Esdras 12:17 Lat his
2 Esdras 12:18 Syr Arm: Lat After
2 Esdras 12:18 Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Lat Syr its beginning
2 Esdras 12:19 Syr: Lat underwings
2 Esdras 12:23 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat kingdoms
2 Esdras 12:23 Syr Ethiop Arm: Lat he
2 Esdras 12:26 Lat them
2 Esdras 12:29 Arab 1: Lat underwings
2 Esdras 12:29 Syr Ethiop: Lat lacks to
2 Esdras 12:30 Lat his
2 Esdras 12:32 Literally anointed one
2 Esdras 12:32 Syr: Lat lacks of days . . . and speak
2 Esdras 12:37 Ethiop Arab 1 Arab 2 Arm: Lat Syr them
2 Esdras 12:48 Syr Ethiop: Lat your
2 Esdras 12:51 Literally he
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:29 am
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2 Esdras 13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Man from the Sea
13 After seven days I dreamed a dream in the night. 2 And lo, a
wind arose from the sea and stirred up[a] all its waves. 3 As I
kept looking the wind made something like the figure of a man
come up out of the heart of the sea. And I saw[b] that this man
flew[c] with the clouds of heaven; and wherever he turned his
face to look, everything under his gaze trembled, 4 and whenever
his voice issued from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted
as wax melts[d] when it feels the fire.
5 After this I looked and saw that an innumerable multitude of
people were gathered together from the four winds of heaven to
make war against the man who came up out of the sea. 6 And I
looked and saw that he carved out for himself a great mountain,
and flew up on to it. 7 And I tried to see the region or place
from which the mountain was carved, but I could not.
8 After this I looked and saw that all who had gathered together
against him, to wage war with him, were filled with fear, and
yet they dared to fight. 9 When he saw the onrush of the
approaching multitude, he neither lifted his hand nor held a
spear or any weapon of war; 10 but I saw only how he sent forth
from his mouth something like a stream of fire, and from his
lips a flaming breath, and from his tongue he shot forth a storm
of sparks.[e] 11 All these were mingled together, the stream of
fire and the flaming breath and the great storm, and fell on the
onrushing multitude that was prepared to fight, and burned up
all of them, so that suddenly nothing was seen of the
innumerable multitude but only the dust of ashes and the smell
of smoke. When I saw it, I was amazed.
12 After this I saw the same man come down from the mountain and
call to himself another multitude that was peaceable. 13 Then
many people[f] came to him, some of whom were joyful and some
sorrowful; some of them were bound, and some were bringing
others as offerings.
The Interpretation of the Vision
Then I woke up in great terror, and prayed to the Most High, and
said, 14 “From the beginning you have shown your servant these
wonders, and have deemed me worthy to have my prayer heard by
you; 15 now show me the interpretation of this dream also. 16
For as I consider it in my mind, alas for those who will be left
in those days! And still more, alas for those who are not left!
17 For those who are not left will be sad 18 because they
understand the things that are reserved for the last days, but
cannot attain them. 19 But alas for those also who are left, and
for that very reason! For they shall see great dangers and much
distress, as these dreams show. 20 Yet it is better[g] to come
into these things,[h] though incurring peril, than to pass from
the world like a cloud, and not to see what will happen in the
last days.”
He answered me and said, 21 “I will tell you the interpretation
of the vision, and I will also explain to you the things that
you have mentioned. 22 As for what you said about those who
survive, and concerning those who do not survive,[i] this is the
interpretation: 23 The one who brings the peril at that time
will protect those who fall into peril, who have works and faith
toward the Almighty. 24 Understand therefore that those who are
left are more blessed than those who have died.
25 “This is the interpretation of the vision: As for your seeing
a man come up from the heart of the sea, 26 this is he whom the
Most High has been keeping for many ages, who will himself
deliver his creation; and he will direct those who are left. 27
And as for your seeing wind and fire and a storm coming out of
his mouth, 28 and as for his not holding a spear or weapon of
war, yet destroying the onrushing multitude that came to conquer
him, this is the interpretation: 29 The days are coming when the
Most High will deliver those who are on the earth. 30 And
bewilderment of mind shall come over those who inhabit the
earth. 31 They shall plan to make war against one another, city
against city, place against place, people against people, and
kingdom against kingdom. 32 When these things take place and the
signs occur that I showed you before, then my Son will be
revealed, whom you saw as a man coming up from the sea.[j]
33 “Then, when all the nations hear his voice, all the nations
shall leave their own lands and the warfare that they have
against one another; 34 and an innumerable multitude shall be
gathered together, as you saw, wishing to come and conquer him.
35 But he shall stand on the top of Mount Zion. 36 And Zion
shall come and be made manifest to all people, prepared and
built, as you saw the mountain carved out without hands. 37 Then
he, my Son, will reprove the assembled nations for their
ungodliness (this was symbolized by the storm), 38 and will
reproach them to their face with their evil thoughts and the
torments with which they are to be tortured (which were
symbolized by the flames), and will destroy them without effort
by means of the law[k] (which was symbolized by the fire).
39 “And as for your seeing him gather to himself another
multitude that was peaceable, 40 these are the nine[l] tribes
that were taken away from their own land into exile in the days
of King Hoshea, whom Shalmaneser, king of the Assyrians, made
captives; he took them across the river, and they were taken
into another land. 41 But they formed this plan for themselves,
that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a
more distant region, where no human beings had ever lived, 42 so
that there at least they might keep their statutes that they had
not kept in their own land. 43 And they went in by the narrow
passages of the Euphrates river. 44 For at that time the Most
High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the
river until they had crossed over. 45 Through that region there
was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that
country is called Arzareth.[m]
46 “Then they lived there until the last times; and now, when
they are about to come again, 47 the Most High will stop[n] the
channels of the river again, so that they may be able to cross
over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in
peace. 48 But those who are left of your people, who are found
within my holy borders, shall be saved.[o] 49 Therefore when he
destroys the multitude of the nations that are gathered
together, he will defend the people who remain. 50 And then he
will show them very many wonders.”
51 I said, “O sovereign Lord, explain this to me: Why did I see
the man coming up from the heart of the sea?”
52 He said to me, “Just as no one can explore or know what is in
the depths of the sea, so no one on earth can see my Son or
those who are with him, except in the time of his day.[p] 53
This is the interpretation of the dream that you saw. And you
alone have been enlightened about this, 54 because you have
forsaken your own ways and have applied yourself to mine, and
have searched out my law; 55 for you have devoted your life to
wisdom, and called understanding your mother. 56 Therefore I
have shown you these things; for there is a reward laid up with
the Most High. For it will be that after three more days I will
tell you other things, and explain weighty and wondrous matters
to you.”
57 Then I got up and walked in the field, giving great glory and
praise to the Most High for the wonders that he does[q] from
time to time, 58 and because he governs the times and whatever
things come to pass in their seasons. And I stayed there three
days.
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 13:2 Other ancient authorities read I saw a wind arise
from the sea and stir up
2 Esdras 13:3 Syr: Lat lacks the wind . . . I saw
2 Esdras 13:3 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat grew strong
2 Esdras 13:4 Syr: Lat burned as the earth rests
2 Esdras 13:10 Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 13:13 Lat Syr Arab 2 literally the faces of many people
2 Esdras 13:20 Ethiop Compare Arab 2: Lat easier
2 Esdras 13:20 Syr: Lat this
2 Esdras 13:22 Syr Arab 1: Lat lacks and . . . not survive
2 Esdras 13:32 Syr and most Lat Mss lack from the sea
2 Esdras 13:38 Syr: Lat effort and the law
2 Esdras 13:40 Other Lat Mss ten; Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm nine and
a half
2 Esdras 13:45 That is Another Land
2 Esdras 13:47 Syr: Lat stops
2 Esdras 13:48 Syr: Lat lacks shall be saved
2 Esdras 13:52 Syr: Ethiop except when his time and his day have
come. Lat lacks his
2 Esdras 13:57 Lat did
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:30 am
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2 Esdras 14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Lord Commissions Ezra
14 On the third day, while I was sitting under an oak, suddenly
a voice came out of a bush opposite me and said, “Ezra, Ezra!” 2
And I answered, “Here I am, Lord,” and I rose to my feet. 3 Then
he said to me, “I revealed myself in a bush and spoke to Moses
when my people were in bondage in Egypt; 4 and I sent him and
led[a] my people out of Egypt; and I led him up on Mount Sinai,
where I kept him with me many days. 5 I told him many wondrous
things, and showed him the secrets of the times and declared to
him[b] the end of the times. Then I commanded him, saying, 6
‘These words you shall publish openly, and these you shall keep
secret.’ 7 And now I say to you: 8 Lay up in your heart the
signs that I have shown you, the dreams that you have seen, and
the interpretations that you have heard; 9 for you shall be
taken up from among humankind, and henceforth you shall live
with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times are
ended. 10 The age has lost its youth, and the times begin to
grow old. 11 For the age is divided into twelve parts, and
nine[c] of its parts have already passed, 12 as well as half of
the tenth part; so two of its parts remain, besides half of the
tenth part.[d] 13 Now therefore, set your house in order, and
reprove your people; comfort the lowly among them, and instruct
those that are wise.[e] And now renounce the life that is
corruptible, 14 and put away from you mortal thoughts; cast away
from you the burdens of humankind, and divest yourself now of
your weak nature; 15 lay to one side the thoughts that are most
grievous to you, and hurry to escape from these times. 16 For
evils worse than those that you have now seen happen shall take
place hereafter. 17 For the weaker the world becomes through old
age, the more shall evils be increased upon its inhabitants. 18
Truth shall go farther away, and falsehood shall come near. For
the eagle[f] that you saw in the vision is already hurrying to
come.”
Ezra’s Concern to Restore the Scriptures
19 Then I answered and said, “Let me speak[g] in your presence,
Lord. 20 For I will go, as you have commanded me, and I will
reprove the people who are now living; but who will warn those
who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and
its inhabitants are without light. 21 For your law has been
burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or
will be done by you. 22 If then I have found favor with you,
send the holy spirit into me, and I will write everything that
has happened in the world from the beginning, the things that
were written in your law, so that people may be able to find the
path, and that those who want to live in the last days may do
so.”
23 He answered me and said, “Go and gather the people, and tell
them not to seek you for forty days. 24 But prepare for yourself
many writing tablets, and take with you Sarea, Dabria, Selemia,
Ethanus, and Asiel—these five, who are trained to write rapidly;
25 and you shall come here, and I will light in your heart the
lamp of understanding, which shall not be put out until what you
are about to write is finished. 26 And when you have finished,
some things you shall make public, and some you shall deliver in
secret to the wise; tomorrow at this hour you shall begin to
write.”
Ezra’s Last Words to the People
27 Then I went as he commanded me, and I gathered all the people
together, and said, 28 “Hear these words, O Israel. 29 At first
our ancestors lived as aliens in Egypt, and they were liberated
from there 30 and received the law of life, which they did not
keep, which you also have transgressed after them. 31 Then land
was given to you for a possession in the land of Zion; but you
and your ancestors committed iniquity and did not keep the ways
that the Most High commanded you. 32 And since he is a righteous
judge, in due time he took from you what he had given. 33 And
now you are here, and your people[h] are farther in the
interior.[i] 34 If you, then, will rule over your minds and
discipline your hearts, you shall be kept alive, and after death
you shall obtain mercy. 35 For after death the judgment will
come, when we shall live again; and then the names of the
righteous shall become manifest, and the deeds of the ungodly
shall be disclosed. 36 But let no one come to me now, and let no
one seek me for forty days.”
The Restoration of the Scriptures
37 So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we proceeded
to the field, and remained there. 38 And on the next day a voice
called me, saying, “Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give
you to drink.” 39 So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was
offered to me; it was full of something like water, but its
color was like fire. 40 I took it and drank; and when I had
drunk it, my heart poured forth understanding, and wisdom
increased in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory, 41
and my mouth was opened and was no longer closed. 42 Moreover,
the Most High gave understanding to the five men, and by turns
they wrote what was dictated, using characters that they did not
know.[j] They sat forty days; they wrote during the daytime, and
ate their bread at night. 43 But as for me, I spoke in the
daytime and was not silent at night. 44 So during the forty
days, ninety-four[k] books were written. 45 And when the forty
days were ended, the Most High spoke to me, saying, “Make public
the twenty-four[l] books that you wrote first, and let the
worthy and the unworthy read them; 46 but keep the seventy that
were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your
people. 47 For in them is the spring of understanding, the
fountain of wisdom, and the river of knowledge.” 48 And I did
so.[m]
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 14:4 Syr Arab 1 Arab 2 he led
2 Esdras 14:5 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat lacks declared to him
2 Esdras 14:11 Cn: Lat Ethiop ten
2 Esdras 14:12 Syr lacks verses 11, 12: Ethiop For the world is
divided into ten parts, and has come to the tenth, and half of
the tenth remains. Now . . .
2 Esdras 14:13 Lat lacks and . . . wise
2 Esdras 14:18 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 14:19 Most Lat Mss lack Let me speak
2 Esdras 14:33 Lat brothers
2 Esdras 14:33 Syr Ethiop Arm: Lat are among you
2 Esdras 14:42 Syr Compare Ethiop Arab 2 Arm: Meaning of Lat
uncertain
2 Esdras 14:44 Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm: Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 14:45 Syr Arab 1: Lat lacks twenty-four
2 Esdras 14:48 Syr adds in the seventh year of the sixth week,
five thousand years and three months and twelve days after
creation. At that time Ezra was caught up, and taken to the
place of those who are like him, after he had written all these
things. And he was called the scribe of the knowledge of the
Most High for ever and ever. Ethiop Arab 1 Arm have a similar
ending
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: May 24, 2020, 5:31 am
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2 Esdras 15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Vengeance on the Wicked
15 [a] Speak in the ears of my people the words of the prophecy
that I will put in your mouth, says the Lord, 2 and cause them
to be written on paper; for they are trustworthy and true. 3 Do
not fear the plots against you, and do not be troubled by the
unbelief of those who oppose you. 4 For all unbelievers shall
die in their unbelief.[b]
5 Beware, says the Lord, I am bringing evils upon the world, the
sword and famine, death and destruction, 6 because iniquity has
spread throughout every land, and their harmful doings have
reached their limit. 7 Therefore, says the Lord, 8 I will be
silent no longer concerning their ungodly acts that they
impiously commit, neither will I tolerate their wicked
practices. Innocent and righteous blood cries out to me, and the
souls of the righteous cry out continually. 9 I will surely
avenge them, says the Lord, and will receive to myself all the
innocent blood from among them. 10 See, my people are being led
like a flock to the slaughter; I will not allow them to live any
longer in the land of Egypt, 11 but I will bring them out with a
mighty hand and with an uplifted arm, and will strike Egypt with
plagues, as before, and will destroy all its land.
12 Let Egypt mourn, and its foundations, because of the plague
of chastisement and castigation that the Lord will bring upon
it. 13 Let the farmers that till the ground mourn, because their
seed shall fail to grow[c] and their trees shall be ruined by
blight and hail and by a terrible tempest. 14 Alas for the world
and for those who live in it! 15 For the sword and misery draw
near them, and nation shall rise up to fight against nation,
with swords in their hands. 16 For there shall be unrest among
people; growing strong against one another, they shall in their
might have no respect for their king or the chief of their
leaders. 17 For a person will desire to go into a city, and
shall not be able to do so. 18 Because of their pride the cities
shall be in confusion, the houses shall be destroyed, and people
shall be afraid. 19 People shall have no pity for their
neighbors, but shall make an assault upon[d] their houses with
the sword, and plunder their goods, because of hunger for bread
and because of great tribulation.
20 See how I am calling together all the kings of the earth to
turn to me, says God, from the rising sun and from the south,
from the east and from Lebanon; to turn and repay what they have
given them. 21 Just as they have done to my elect until this
day, so I will do, and will repay into their bosom. Thus says
the Lord God: 22 My right hand will not spare the sinners, and
my sword will not cease from those who shed innocent blood on
earth. 23 And a fire went forth from his wrath, and consumed the
foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw. 24
Alas for those who sin and do not observe my commandments, says
the Lord;[e] 25 I will not spare them. Depart, you faithless
children! Do not pollute my sanctuary. 26 For God[f] knows all
who sin against him; therefore he will hand them over to death
and slaughter. 27 Already calamities have come upon the whole
earth, and you shall remain in them; God[g] will not deliver
you, because you have sinned against him.
A Terrifying Vision of Warfare
28 What a terrifying sight, appearing from the east! 29 The
nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many
chariots, and from the day that they set out, their hissing
shall spread over the earth, so that all who hear them will fear
and tremble. 30 Also the Carmonians, raging in wrath, shall go
forth like wild boars[h] from the forest, and with great power
they shall come and engage them in battle, and with their tusks
they shall devastate a portion of the land of the Assyrians with
their teeth. 31 And then the dragons,[i] remembering their
origin, shall become still stronger; and if they combine in
great power and turn to pursue them, 32 then these shall be
disorganized and silenced by their power, and shall turn and
flee.[j] 33 And from the land of the Assyrians an enemy in
ambush shall attack them and destroy one of them, and fear and
trembling shall come upon their army, and indecision upon their
kings.
Judgment on Babylon
34 See the clouds from the east, and from the north to the
south! Their appearance is exceedingly threatening, full of
wrath and storm. 35 They shall clash against one another and
shall pour out a heavy tempest on the earth, and their own
tempest;[k] and there shall be blood from the sword as high as a
horse’s belly 36 and a man’s thigh and a camel’s hock. 37 And
there shall be fear and great trembling on the earth; those who
see that wrath shall be horror-stricken, and they shall be
seized with trembling. 38 After that, heavy storm clouds shall
be stirred up from the south, and from the north, and another
part from the west. 39 But the winds from the east shall prevail
over the cloud that was[l] raised in wrath, and shall dispel it;
and the tempest[m] that was to cause destruction by the east
wind shall be driven violently toward the south and west. 40
Great and mighty clouds, full of wrath and tempest, shall rise
and destroy all the earth and its inhabitants, and shall pour
out upon every high and lofty place[n] a terrible tempest, 41
fire and hail and flying swords and floods of water, so that all
the fields and all the streams shall be filled with the
abundance of those waters. 42 They shall destroy cities and
walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forests, and grass of
the meadows, and their grain. 43 They shall go on steadily to
Babylon and blot it out. 44 They shall come to it and surround
it; they shall pour out on it the tempest[o] and all its
fury;[p] then the dust and smoke shall reach the sky, and all
who are around it shall mourn for it. 45 And those who survive
shall serve those who have destroyed it.
Judgment on Asia
46 And you, Asia, who share in the splendor of Babylon and the
glory of her person— 47 woe to you, miserable wretch! For you
have made yourself like her; you have decked out your daughters
for prostitution to please and glory in your lovers, who have
always lusted after you. 48 You have imitated that hateful one
in all her deeds and devices.[q] Therefore God[r] says, 49 I
will send evils upon you: widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and
pestilence, bringing ruin to your houses, bringing destruction
and death. 50 And the glory of your strength shall wither like a
flower when the heat shall rise that is sent upon you. 51 You
shall be weakened like a wretched woman who is beaten and
wounded, so that you cannot receive your mighty lovers. 52 Would
I have dealt with you so violently, says the Lord, 53 if you had
not killed my chosen people continually, exulting and clapping
your hands and talking about their death when you were drunk?
54 Beautify your face! 55 The reward of a prostitute is in your
lap; therefore you shall receive your recompense. 56 As you will
do to my chosen people, says the Lord, so God will do to you,
and will hand you over to adversities. 57 Your children shall
die of hunger, and you shall fall by the sword; your cities
shall be wiped out, and all your people who are in the open
country shall fall by the sword. 58 Those who are in the
mountains and highlands[s] shall perish of hunger, and they
shall eat their own flesh in hunger for bread and drink their
own blood in thirst for water. 59 Unhappy above all others, you
shall come and suffer fresh miseries. 60 As they pass by they
shall crush the hateful[t] city, and shall destroy a part of
your land and abolish a portion of your glory, when they return
from devastated Babylon. 61 You shall be broken down by them
like stubble,[u] and they shall be like fire to you. 62 They
shall devour you and your cities, your land and your mountains;
they shall burn with fire all your forests and your fruitful
trees. 63 They shall carry your children away captive, plunder
your wealth, and mar the glory of your countenance.
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 15:1 Chapters 15 and 16 (except 15.57–59, which has
been found in Greek) are extant only in Lat
2 Esdras 15:4 Other ancient authorities add and all who believe
shall be saved by their faith
2 Esdras 15:13 Lat lacks to grow
2 Esdras 15:19 Cn: Lat shall empty
2 Esdras 15:24 Other ancient authorities read God
2 Esdras 15:26 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 15:27 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 15:30 Other ancient authorities lack like wild boars
2 Esdras 15:31 Cn: Lat dragon
2 Esdras 15:32 Other ancient authorities read turn their face to
the north
2 Esdras 15:35 Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 15:39 Literally that he
2 Esdras 15:39 Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 15:40 Or eminent person
2 Esdras 15:44 Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 15:44 Other ancient authorities add until they destroy
it to its foundations
2 Esdras 15:48 Other ancient authorities read devices, and you
have followed after that one about to gratify her magnates and
leaders so that you may be made proud and be pleased by her
fornications
2 Esdras 15:48 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 15:58 Gk: Lat omits and highlands
2 Esdras 15:60 Another reading is idle or unprofitable
2 Esdras 15:61 Other ancient authorities read like dry straw
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2 Esdras 16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Further Denunciations
16 Woe to you, Babylon and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! 2
Bind on sackcloth and cloth of goats’ hair,[a] and wail for your
children, and lament for them; for your destruction is at hand.
3 The sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it
back? 4 A fire has been sent upon you, and who is there to
quench it? 5 Calamities have been sent upon you, and who is
there to drive them away? 6 Can one drive off a hungry lion in
the forest, or quench a fire in the stubble once it has started
to burn?[b] 7 Can one turn back an arrow shot by a strong
archer? 8 The Lord God sends calamities, and who will drive them
away? 9 Fire will go forth from his wrath, and who is there to
quench it? 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not be
afraid? He will thunder, and who will not be terrified? 11 The
Lord will threaten, and who will not be utterly shattered at his
presence? 12 The earth and its foundations quake, the sea is
churned up from the depths, and its waves and the fish with them
shall be troubled at the presence of the Lord and the glory of
his power. 13 For his right hand that bends the bow is strong,
and his arrows that he shoots are sharp and when they are shot
to the ends of the world will not miss once. 14 Calamities are
sent forth and shall not return until they come over the earth.
15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out until it
consumes the foundations of the earth. 16 Just as an arrow shot
by a mighty archer does not return, so the calamities that are
sent upon the earth shall not return. 17 Alas for me! Alas for
me! Who will deliver me in those days?
The Horror of the Last Days
18 The beginning of sorrows, when there shall be much
lamentation; the beginning of famine, when many shall perish;
the beginning of wars, when the powers shall be terrified; the
beginning of calamities, when all shall tremble. What shall they
do, when the calamities come? 19 Famine and plague, tribulation
and anguish are sent as scourges for the correction of
humankind. 20 Yet for all this they will not turn from their
iniquities, or ever be mindful of the scourges. 21 Indeed,
provisions will be so cheap upon earth that people will imagine
that peace is assured for them, and then calamities shall spring
up on the earth—the sword, famine, and great confusion. 22 For
many of those who live on the earth shall perish by famine; and
those who survive the famine shall die by the sword. 23 And the
dead shall be thrown out like dung, and there shall be no one to
console them; for the earth shall be left desolate, and its
cities shall be demolished. 24 No one shall be left to cultivate
the earth or to sow it. 25 The trees shall bear fruit, but who
will gather it? 26 The grapes shall ripen, but who will tread
them? For in all places there shall be great solitude; 27 a
person will long to see another human being, or even to hear a
human voice. 28 For ten shall be left out of a city; and two,
out of the field, those who have hidden themselves in thick
groves and clefts in the rocks. 29 Just as in an olive orchard
three or four olives may be left on every tree, 30 or just as,
when a vineyard is gathered, some clusters may be left[c] by
those who search carefully through the vineyard, 31 so in those
days three or four shall be left by those who search their
houses with the sword. 32 The earth shall be left desolate, and
its fields shall be plowed up,[d] and its roads and all its
paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along
them. 33 Virgins shall mourn because they have no bridegrooms;
women shall mourn because they have no husbands; their daughters
shall mourn, because they have no help. 34 Their bridegrooms
shall be killed in war, and their husbands shall perish of
famine.
God’s People Must Prepare for the End
35 Listen now to these things, and understand them, you who are
servants of the Lord. 36 This is the word of the Lord; receive
it and do not disbelieve what the Lord says.[e] 37 The
calamities draw near, and are not delayed. 38 Just as a pregnant
woman, in the ninth month when the time of her delivery draws
near, has great pains around her womb for two or three hours
beforehand, but when the child comes forth from the womb, there
will not be a moment’s delay, 39 so the calamities will not
delay in coming upon the earth, and the world will groan, and
pains will seize it on every side.
40 Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the
midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. 41 Let
the one who sells be like one who will flee; let the one who
buys be like one who will lose; 42 let the one who does business
be like one who will not make a profit; and let the one who
builds a house be like one who will not live in it; 43 let the
one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also the one who
prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; 44
those who marry, like those who will have no children; and those
who do not marry, like those who are widowed. 45 Because of
this, those who labor, labor in vain; 46 for strangers shall
gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, overthrow their
houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and
famine they will produce their children.[f] 47 Those who conduct
business, do so only to have it plundered; the more they adorn
their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,
48 the more angry I will be with them for their sins, says the
Lord. 49 Just as a respectable and virtuous woman abhors a
prostitute, 50 so righteousness shall abhor iniquity, when she
decks herself out, and shall accuse her to her face when he
comes who will defend the one who searches out every sin on
earth.
The Power and Wisdom of God
51 Therefore do not be like her or her works. 52 For in a very
short time iniquity will be removed from the earth, and
righteousness will reign over us. 53 Sinners must not say that
they have not sinned;[g] for God[h] will burn coals of fire on
the head of everyone who says, “I have not sinned before God and
his glory.” 54 The Lord[i] certainly knows everything that
people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and
their hearts. 55 He said, “Let the earth be made,” and it was
made, and “Let the heaven be made,” and it was made. 56 At his
word the stars were fixed in their places, and he knows the
number of the stars. 57 He searches the abyss and its treasures;
he has measured the sea and its contents; 58 he has confined the
sea in the midst of the waters;[j] and by his word he has
suspended the earth over the water. 59 He has spread out the
heaven like a dome and made it secure upon the waters; 60 he has
put springs of water in the desert, and pools on the tops of the
mountains, so as to send rivers from the heights to water the
earth. 61 He formed human beings and put a heart in the midst of
each body, and gave each person breath and life and
understanding 62 and the spirit[k] of Almighty God,[l] who
surely made all things and searches out hidden things in hidden
places. 63 He knows your imaginations and what you think in your
hearts! Woe to those who sin and want to hide their sins! 64 The
Lord will strictly examine all their works, and will make a
public spectacle of all of you. 65 You shall be put to shame
when your sins come out before others, and your own iniquities
shall stand as your accusers on that day. 66 What will you do?
Or how will you hide your sins before the Lord and his glory? 67
Indeed, God[m] is the judge; fear him! Cease from your sins, and
forget your iniquities, never to commit them again; so God[n]
will lead you forth and deliver you from all tribulation.
Impending Persecution of God’s People
68 The burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you;
they shall drag some of you away and force you to eat what was
sacrificed to idols. 69 And those who consent to eat shall be
held in derision and contempt, and shall be trampled under foot.
70 For in many places[o] and in neighboring cities there shall
be a great uprising against those who fear the Lord. 71 They
shall[p] be like maniacs, sparing no one, but plundering and
destroying those who continue to fear the Lord.[q] 72 For they
shall destroy and plunder their goods, and drive them out of
house and home. 73 Then the tested quality of my elect shall be
manifest, like gold that is tested by fire.
Promise of Divine Deliverance
74 Listen, my elect ones, says the Lord; the days of tribulation
are at hand, but I will deliver you from them. 75 Do not fear or
doubt, for God[r] is your guide. 76 You who keep my commandments
and precepts, says the Lord God, must not let your sins weigh
you down, or your iniquities prevail over you. 77 Woe to those
who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their
iniquities! They are like a field choked with underbrush and its
path[s] overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass
through. 78 It is shut off and given up to be consumed by fire.
Footnotes:
2 Esdras 16:2 Other ancient authorities lack cloth of goats’
hair
2 Esdras 16:6 Other ancient authorities read fire when dry straw
has been set on fire
2 Esdras 16:30 Other ancient authorities read a cluster may
remain exposed
2 Esdras 16:32 Other ancient authorities read be for briers
2 Esdras 16:36 Cn: Lat do not believe the gods of whom the Lord
speaks
2 Esdras 16:46 Other ancient authorities read therefore those
who are married may know that they will produce children for
captivity and famine
2 Esdras 16:53 Other ancient authorities add or the unjust done
injustice
2 Esdras 16:53 Lat for he
2 Esdras 16:54 Other ancient authorities read Lord God
2 Esdras 16:58 Other ancient authorities read confined the world
between the waters and the waters
2 Esdras 16:62 Or breath
2 Esdras 16:62 Other ancient authorities read of the Lord
Almighty
2 Esdras 16:67 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 16:67 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 16:70 Meaning of Lat uncertain
2 Esdras 16:71 Other ancient authorities read For people,
because of their misfortunes, shall
2 Esdras 16:71 Other ancient authorities read fear God
2 Esdras 16:75 Other ancient authorities read the Lord
2 Esdras 16:77 Other ancient authorities read seed
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Re: 2 ESDRAS - FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS
By: patrick jane Date: August 22, 2020, 10:52 pm
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good to read
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