The King James Version Bible

2 Esdras 10:34-41

  1. Then said I, Speak on, my lord, in me; only forsake me not, lest I die frustrate of my hope.

  2. For I have seen that I knew not, and hear that I do not know.

  3. Or is my sense deceived, or my soul in a dream?

  4. Now therefore I beseech thee that thou wilt shew thy servant of this vision.

  5. He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.

  6. He hath seen that thy way is right: for that thou sorrowest continually for thy people, and makest great lamentation for Sion.

  7. This therefore is the meaning of the vision which thou lately sawest:

  8. Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her: