1And the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was wicked.
5And I said, Say on, my Lord.
Then said he unto me, Go to, weigh me a weight of fire, or measure of wind, or call me again the day that is past.
6Then answered I and said, Who of the sons of men is able to do this, that thou shouldest ask me of such things?
7And he said unto me, If I had asked thee, saying, How many dwellings are there in the heart of the sea? ways are above the firmament? or which are the outgoings of hell? or which are the paths of without which thou canst not be, and yet hast thou given me no answer of them.
10He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, that are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
11How then can incorruption?
12 And when I heard these things wherefore is the power of understanding given unto me?
23For it was not my mind to be curious of the ways above, but of such things as pass by us daily; vapour, neither are we worthy to obtain mercy.
25long, thou shalt marvel; whereof thou askest me is sown, but the gathering thereof is not yet come.
29If therefore that which is sown be not reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, there cannot come the field where the good is sown.
30time of threshing come!
31Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness a grain of evil seed hath brought forth.
32When the ears which are without number shall be sown, how great a floor shall they fill!
33Then I answered and said, for thine own self, but he that is above hasteneth on behalf of many.
35are we here? when cometh the fruit of the threshing time of our reward?
36And unto them Jeremiel the archangel gave answer, and said, move nor stir them, until the said measure be fulfilled.
38Then answered I and said, threshing time of the righteous is kept back, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth.
40So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
41Then said I, No, Lord, that can it not.
And he said unto me, In the grave Cp. ver. 35 & ch. 7.32 (mg.).the chambers of souls are like the womb:
42For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the anguish of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them from the beginning.
43Then shall it be shewed thee concerning those things which thou desirest to see.
44Then answered I and said, ch. 5.56 & 6.11 & 8.42 & 12.7 & 14.22.If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,
45Shew me this also, Cp. ver. 50.whether there be more to come than is past, or whether the more part is gone over us.
46For what is gone I know, but what is for to come I know not.
47And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.
48So I stood, and saw, and, behold, a hot burning oven passed by before me: and it happened, that when the flame was gone by I looked, and, behold, the smoke remained still.
49After this there passed by before me a watery cloud, and sent down much rain with a storm; and when the stormy rain was past, the drops remained therein still.
50Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke, Cp. ver. 45 & ch. 14.11,12.so the quantity which is past did more exceed; but the drops and the smoke remained still.
51Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time? or who shall be in those days?
52He answered me, and said, ch. 5.13 & 6.12 & 7.26.As for the tokens whereof thou askest me, I may tell thee of them in part: but as touching thy life, I am not sent to shew thee; for I do not know it.
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