2 Esdras 6:5-21
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5 And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:
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6 Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
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7 Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?
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8 And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held first the heel of Esau.
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9 For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
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10 The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.
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11 I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight,
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12 I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou shewedst me part the last night.
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13 So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and hear a mighty sounding voice.
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14 And it shall be as it were a great motion; but the place where thou standest shall not be moved.
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15 And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood.
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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.
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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.
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18 And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
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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;
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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:
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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.