2 Esdras 9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895(RV1895)

1And he answered me, and said, Measure thou diligently within thyself: and when thou seest that a certain part of the signs are past, which have been told thee beforehand,

2is evident, and the end manifest;

6So also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in effects and signs.

7And every one that shall be saved, and it;

12The same must know it after death by torment.

13And therefore be thou no longer curious how the ungodly shall be punished; but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, they judgement thereon; and as is the husbandman, so is his threshing-floor also. For there was a time in the world,

18Even then when I was preparing for them that now live, before the world was made for them to dwell in; and then no man spake against me,

19For there was not any: but now they which are created in this world that is prepared, both with a great forest.

22Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be saved, and my plant; for with great labour have I made them perfect.

23Nevertheless if thou wilt cease yet Ardat; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.

27And it came to pass after seven days that I lay upon the grass, neighbours: and we gave great honour unto the Mighty.

46And I nourished him with great travail.

47So when he grew up, and I came to take him a wife, Tob. 8.19 & 11.19. Mat. 22.2.I made a feast day.