Verses with the word that in the Apocrypha (2143 verses; showing verse 1 - 500):

1 Esdras 1:3
And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built:

1 Esdras 1:7
And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king's allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.

1 Esdras 1:17
Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,

1 Esdras 1:19
So the children of Israel which were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.

1 Esdras 1:21
Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 1:24
As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.

1 Esdras 1:25
Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass, that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.

1 Esdras 1:33
These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.

1 Esdras 1:42
But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleaness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.

1 Esdras 1:47
And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord.

1 Esdras 1:48
And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Esdras 1:52
So far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;

1 Esdras 1:56
And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought: and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto Babylon:

1 Esdras 2:1
In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy;

1 Esdras 2:5
If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 2:6
Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him, those, I say, that are his neighbours, with gold, and with silver,

1 Esdras 2:9
And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto.

1 Esdras 2:16
But in the time of Artexerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following;

1 Esdras 2:17
To king Artexerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice.

1 Esdras 2:18
Be it now known to the lord king, that the Jews that are up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple.

1 Esdras 2:21
But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:

1 Esdras 2:22
And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:

1 Esdras 2:23
And that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein; for the which cause even this city was made desolate.

1 Esdras 2:24
Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice.

1 Esdras 2:25
Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, to Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice, after this manner;

1 Esdras 2:26
I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me: therefore I commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings;

1 Esdras 2:27
And the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.

1 Esdras 2:28
Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it;

1 Esdras 2:29
And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings,

1 Esdras 2:30
Then king Artexerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

1 Esdras 3:2
And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty and seven provinces.

1 Esdras 3:4
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spake one to another;

1 Esdras 3:5
Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:

1 Esdras 3:9
And said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writings; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.

1 Esdras 3:18
And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:

1 Esdras 3:20
It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:

1 Esdras 3:21
And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:

1 Esdras 3:24
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.

1 Esdras 4:1
Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,

1 Esdras 4:2
O ye men, do not men excel in strength that bear rule over sea and land and all things in them?

1 Esdras 4:6
Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbundry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.

1 Esdras 4:14
O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?

1 Esdras 4:15
Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.

1 Esdras 4:16
Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.

1 Esdras 4:20
A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.

1 Esdras 4:22
By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?

1 Esdras 4:26
Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.

1 Esdras 4:31
And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.

1 Esdras 4:35
Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.

1 Esdras 4:39
With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.

1 Esdras 4:41
And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.

1 Esdras 4:44
And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and to send them again thither.

1 Esdras 4:46
And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.

1 Esdras 4:47
Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 4:48
He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.

1 Esdras 4:49
Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;

1 Esdras 4:50
And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:

1 Esdras 4:51
Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;

1 Esdras 4:53
And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.

1 Esdras 4:55
And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.

1 Esdras 4:56
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.

1 Esdras 4:57
He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 5:7
And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.

1 Esdras 5:38
And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Barzelus, and was named after his name.

1 Esdras 5:40
For unto them said Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.

1 Esdras 5:44
And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,

1 Esdras 5:52
And after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.

1 Esdras 5:53
And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.

1 Esdras 5:55
Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.

1 Esdras 5:56
And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:

1 Esdras 5:65
Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.

1 Esdras 5:66
Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.

1 Esdras 5:67
And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.

1 Esdras 5:73
And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.

1 Esdras 6:4
By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?

1 Esdras 6:8
Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity

1 Esdras 6:12
Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.

1 Esdras 6:17
But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.

1 Esdras 6:18
And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,

1 Esdras 6:19
With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.

1 Esdras 6:20
Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.

1 Esdras 6:22
And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.

1 Esdras 6:24
In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:

1 Esdras 6:25
Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expences thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:

1 Esdras 6:26
And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.

1 Esdras 6:27
And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.

1 Esdras 6:28
I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:

1 Esdras 6:29
And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;

1 Esdras 6:30
And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:

1 Esdras 6:31
That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.

1 Esdras 6:32
And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.

1 Esdras 6:33
The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 6:34
I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.

1 Esdras 7:6
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

1 Esdras 7:10
And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.

1 Esdras 7:11
They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.

1 Esdras 7:13
And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.

1 Esdras 7:15
For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Esdras 8:3
This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.

1 Esdras 8:7
For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.

1 Esdras 8:8
Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artexerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;

1 Esdras 8:10
Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being within our realm, as are willing and desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 8:12
That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;

1 Esdras 8:13
And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,

1 Esdras 8:14
With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;

1 Esdras 8:15
To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 8:16
And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.

1 Esdras 8:19
And I king Artexerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should give it him with speed,

1 Esdras 8:21
Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.

1 Esdras 8:22
I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.

1 Esdras 8:23
And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.

1 Esdras 8:25
Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:

1 Esdras 8:28
And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artexerxes:

1 Esdras 8:45
And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:

1 Esdras 8:46
And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests' office in the house of the Lord.

1 Esdras 8:50
And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle:

1 Esdras 8:52
For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.

1 Esdras 8:62
And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.

1 Esdras 8:65
Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,

1 Esdras 8:72
So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity: but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.

1 Esdras 8:78
And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;

1 Esdras 8:80
Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food;

1 Esdras 8:81
Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.

1 Esdras 8:83
That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an heritage, is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.

1 Esdras 8:85
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.

1 Esdras 8:86
And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light,

1 Esdras 8:93
Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,

1 Esdras 9:3
And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:

1 Esdras 9:4
And that whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.

1 Esdras 9:11
But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:

1 Esdras 9:12
Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,

1 Esdras 9:15
And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.

1 Esdras 9:17
So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.

1 Esdras 9:18
And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:

1 Esdras 9:37
And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.

1 Esdras 9:39
And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Esdras 9:42
And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.

1 Esdras 9:49
Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,

1 Esdras 9:51
Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;

1 Esdras 9:54
Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer;

2 Esdras 1:5
Go thy way, and shew my people their sinful deeds, and their children their wickedness which they have done against me; that they may tell their children's children:

2 Esdras 1:7
Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage? but they have provoked me unto wrath, and despised my counsels.

2 Esdras 1:17
Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me,

2 Esdras 1:24
What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? thou, Juda, wouldest not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes.

2 Esdras 1:29
That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?

2 Esdras 1:34
And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an evil before me.

2 Esdras 1:35
Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them.

2 Esdras 1:37
I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness: and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the thing that I say.

2 Esdras 1:38
And now, brother, behold what glory; and see the people that come from the east:

2 Esdras 2:2
The mother that bare them saith unto them, Go your way, ye children; for I am a widow and forsaken.

2 Esdras 2:3
I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done that thing that is evil before him.

2 Esdras 2:6
That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.

2 Esdras 2:8
Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;

2 Esdras 2:9
Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the Almighty Lord.

2 Esdras 2:10
Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel.

2 Esdras 2:13
Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.

2 Esdras 2:16
And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.

2 Esdras 2:29
My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.

2 Esdras 2:31
Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Esdras 2:33
I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord.

2 Esdras 2:34
And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.

2 Esdras 2:37
O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom.

2 Esdras 2:38
Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;

2 Esdras 2:40
Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.

2 Esdras 2:41
The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.

2 Esdras 2:45
He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.

2 Esdras 2:46
Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?

2 Esdras 2:47
So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

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For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.

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And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High, and said,

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O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and commandedst the people,

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And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon those that dwelt in the world, and destroyedst them.

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And it came to pass in every of them, that as death was to Adam, so was the flood to these.

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And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.

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And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.

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And it came to pass, that when thou leadest his seed out of Egypt, thou broughtest them up to the mount Sinai.

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And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth, movedst the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubledst the men of that age.

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And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake, and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob, and diligence unto the generation of Israel.

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And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.

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For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.

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Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.

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When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,

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Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon, that they should therefore have the dominion over Sion?

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For when I came thither, and had seen impieties without number, then my soul saw many evildoers in this thirtieth year, so that my heart failed me.

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Or is there any other people that knoweth thee beside Israel? or what generation hath so believed thy covenants as Jacob?

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And yet their reward appeareth not, and their labour hath no fruit: for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments.

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Weigh thou therefore our wickedness now in the balance, and their's also that dwell the world; and so shall thy name no where be found but in Israel.

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Or when was it that they which dwell upon the earth have not sinned in thy sight? or what people have so kept thy commandments?

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Thou shalt find that Israel by name hath kept thy precepts; but not the heathen.

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And the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer,

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Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I will shew thee also the way that thou desirest to see, and I shall shew thee from whence the wicked heart cometh.

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And I said, Tell on, my lord. Then said he unto me, Go thy way, weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me the blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is past.

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Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou shouldest ask such things of me?

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How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?

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Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.

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And said, Come, let us go and make war against the sea that it may depart away before us, and that we may make us more woods.

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The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel, and said, Come, let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.

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I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods.

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For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.

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And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.

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If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, then cannot it come that is sown with good.

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Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we all are full of impiety.

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And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth.

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Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman:

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For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them.

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So I stood, and saw, and, behold, an 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.

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Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time? or what shall happen in those days?

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Nevertheless as coming the tokens, behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon earth shall be taken in a great number, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.

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But iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.

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And the land, that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou see wasted suddenly.

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But if the most High grant thee to live, thou shalt see after the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon thrice in the day:

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And even he shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:

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One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.

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Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.

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So the angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted me, and set me up upon my feet.

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And in the second night it came to pass, that Salathiel the captain of the people came unto me, saying, Where hast thou been? and why is thy countenance so heavy?

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Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the land of their captivity?

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Up then, and eat bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd that leaveth his flock in the hands of cruel wolves.

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And after seven days so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again,

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And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:

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And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep:

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And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all.

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Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,

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And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.

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And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Thou art sore troubled in mind for Israel's sake: lovest thou that people better than he that made them?

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And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother's womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?

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And he said unto me, Number me the things that are not yet come, gather me together the dross that are scattered abroad, make me the flowers green again that are withered,

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Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know.

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And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, but he that hath not his dwelling with men?

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Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.

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And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that shall come after us?

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So I answered and said, Couldest thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou mightest shew thy judgment the sooner?

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Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.

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And I said, As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou, which givest life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast created, and the creature bare it: even so it might now also bear them that now be present at once.

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Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

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For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.

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And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.

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He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.

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Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?

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And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.

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Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.

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And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.

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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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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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For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.

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I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight,

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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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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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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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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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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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At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.

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Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.

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And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.

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And hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain things, that thou mayest not hasten from the latter times.

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And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.

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Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, that thy work might appear.

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Upon the second day thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division betwixt the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.

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Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six pats hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.

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Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in order:

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And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.

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Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the waters were gathered that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass.

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For the dumb water and without life brought forth living things at the commandment of God, that all people might praise thy wondrous works.

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Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day, that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills:

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Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:

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As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.

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And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.

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And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.

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And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.

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Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.

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If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.

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Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?

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Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.

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Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.

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And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.

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For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.

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And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:

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Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.

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For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.

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After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life.

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And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.

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And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt

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And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.

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Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:

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And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:

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And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:

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Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.

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I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.

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O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.

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For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?

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And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?

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And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?

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And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

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And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?

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And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?

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For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.

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Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;

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That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

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For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.

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That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.

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I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,

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And upon those also that turn to his law;

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And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;

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And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;

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And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.

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For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.

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And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.

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And being judge, if he should not forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,

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I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.

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O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?

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But that which keepeth and is kept shall both be preserved: and when the time cometh, the womb preserved delivereth up the things that grew in it.

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For thou hast commanded out of the parts of the body, that is to say, out of the breasts, milk to be given, which is the fruit of the breasts,

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That the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, till thou disposest it to thy mercy.

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If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.

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Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.

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O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;

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Regard not the wicked inventions of the heathen, but the desire of those that keep thy testimonies in afflictions.

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Think not upon those that have walked feignedly before thee: but remember them, which according to thy will have known thy fear.

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Let it not be thy will to destroy them which have lived like beasts; but to look upon them that have clearly taught thy law.

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Take thou no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love them that always put their trust in thy righteousness and glory.

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For if thou hast a desire to have mercy upon us, thou shalt be called merciful, to us namely, that have no works of righteousness.

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For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it?

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For in truth them is no man among them that be born, but he hath dealt wickedly; and among the faithful there is none which hath not done amiss.

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But I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.

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For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.

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For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love my creature more than I: but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee, and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.

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In that thou hast humbled thyself, as it becometh thee, and hast not judged thyself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous.

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For many great miseries shall be done to them that in the latter time shall dwell in the world, because they have walked in great pride.

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And therefore ask thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perish.

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And said in their heart, that there is no God; yea, and that knowing they must die.

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For as the things aforesaid shalt receive you, so thirst and pain are prepared for them: for it was not his will that men should come to nought:

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But they which be created have defiled the name of him that made them, and were unthankful unto him which prepared life for them.

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Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which he made.

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Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.

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For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:

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And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,

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Then shall they be in pitiful case, which now have abused my ways: and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.

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And they that have loathed my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open unto them, understood not, but despised it;

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I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall be saved:

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And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.

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For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.

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So I considered the world, and, behold, there was peril because of the devices that were come into it.

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O Lord, thou that shewest thyself unto us, thou wast shewed unto our fathers in the wilderness, in a place where no man treadeth, in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt.

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Yet they that received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.

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And, lo, it is a custom, when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, that, that being perished wherein it was sown or cast into,

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That thing also which was sown, or cast therein, or received, doth perish, and remaineth not with us: but with us it hath not happened so.

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For we that have received the law perish by sin, and our heart also which received it

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Then let I my thoughts go that I was in, and turned me unto her,

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And she said unto me, Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail myself, and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and brought very low.

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So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast.

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And it so came to pass, that when my son was entered into his wedding chamber, he fell down, and died.

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How that Sion our mother is full of all heaviness, and much humbled, mourning very sore?

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For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her.

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Who then should make more mourning than she, that hath lost so great a multitude; and not thou, which art sorry but for one?

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Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.

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Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good courage that which hath befallen thee.

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And she said unto me, That will I not do: I will not go into the city, but here will I die.

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For thou seest that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken down, our temple destroyed;

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Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our rejoicing is at an end, the light of our candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong men are become weak;

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And, which is the greatest of all, the seal of Sion hath now lost her honour; for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us.

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And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour.

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And it came to pass while I was talking with her, behold, her face upon a sudden shined exceedingly, and her countenance glistered, so that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be.

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And, behold, suddenly she made a great cry very fearful: so that the earth shook at the noise of the woman.

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And, lo, I lay as one that had been dead, and mine understanding was taken from me: and he took me by the right hand, and comforted me, and set me upon my feet, and said unto me,

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And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me, and yet I did according to thy words, and I went into the field, and, lo, I have seen, and yet see, that I am not able to express.

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

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

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

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Whereas, I say, she said unto thee, that she hath been thirty years barren: those are the thirty years wherein there was no offering made in her.

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And whereas she told thee that she nourished him with labour: that was the dwelling in Jerusalem.

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But whereas she said unto thee, That my son coming into his marriage chamber happened to have a fail, and died: this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem.

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For now the most High seeth that thou art grieved unfeignedly, and sufferest from thy whole heart for her, so hath he shewed thee the brightness of her glory, and the comeliness of her beauty:

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For I knew that the Highest would shew this unto thee.

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And so shall the Highest shew thee visions of the high things, which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon the earth in the last days. So I slept that night and another, like as he commanded me.

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Moreover I beheld, and, lo, the eagle flew with her feathers, and reigned upon earth, and over them that dwelt therein.

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And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.

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And so it was, that when it reigned, the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more: so the next following stood up. and reigned, and had a great time;

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And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared no more.

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Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,

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So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.

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Then I beheld, and, lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also; and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more:

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And there was no more upon the eagle's body, but three heads that rested, and six little wings.

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Then saw I also that two little feathers divided themselves from the six, and remained under the head that was upon the right side: for the four continued in their place.

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And I beheld, and, lo, the feathers that were under the wing thought to set up themselves and to have the rule.

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And I beheld, and, lo, the two that remained thought also in themselves to reign:

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And when they so thought, behold, there awaked one of the heads that were at rest, namely, it that was in the midst; for that was greater than the two other heads.

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And then I saw that the two other heads were joined with it.

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And, behold, the head was turned with them that were with it, and did eat up the two feathers under the wing that would have reigned.

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But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance of the world more than all the wings that had been.

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And after this I beheld, and, lo, the head that was in the midst suddenly appeared no more, like as the wings.

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But there remained the two heads, which also in like sort ruled upon the earth, and over those that dwelt therein.

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And I beheld, and, lo, the head upon the right side devoured it that was upon the left side.

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Then I head a voice, which said unto me, Look before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest.

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And I beheld, and lo, as it were a roaring lion chased out of the wood: and I saw that he sent out a man's voice unto the eagle, and said,

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Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts, whom I made to reign in my world, that the end of their times might come through them?

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And the fourth came, and overcame all the beasts that were past, and had power over the world with great fearfulness, and over the whole compass of the earth with much wicked oppression; and so long time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit.

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For thou hast afflicted the meek, thou hast hurt the peaceable, thou hast loved liars, and destroyed the dwellings of them that brought forth fruit, and hast cast down the walls of such as did thee no harm.

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That all the earth may be refreshed, and may return, being delivered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the judgment and mercy of him that made her.

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And, behold, the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more, and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign, and their kingdom was small, and fill of uproar.

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And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind, and from great fear, and said unto my spirit,

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Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest.

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Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end.

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And I said, Lord that bearest rule, if I have found grace before thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face;

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Comfort me then, and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision, that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soul.

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Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it.

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As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:

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That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.

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That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.

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And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle.

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For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.

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And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.

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For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword.

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And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side;

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It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest.

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For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from the the beginning.

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This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the interpretations.

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Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:

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But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may be shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee. And with that he went his way.

2 Esdras 12:40
And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said,

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What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?

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For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,

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As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.

2 Esdras 13:2
And, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof.

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And I beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the things trembled that were seen under him.

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And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.

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And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of the heaven, to subdue the man that came out of the sea

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And, lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war:

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But only I saw that he sent out of his mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out sparks and tempests.

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And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.

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And there came much people unto him, whereof some were glad, some were sorry, and some of them were bound, and other some brought of them that were offered: then was I sick through great fear, and I awaked, and said,

2 Esdras 13:14
Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer:

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For as I conceive in mine understanding, woe unto them that shall be left in those days and much more woe unto them that are not left behind!

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For they that were not left were in heaviness.

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Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.

2 Esdras 13:20
Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,

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The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.

2 Esdras 13:22
Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:

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He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.

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Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.

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The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.

2 Esdras 13:27
And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;

2 Esdras 13:28
And that he held neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to subdue him; this is the interpretation:

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Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.

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And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.

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And whereas thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable multitude unto him;

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But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,

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That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.

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For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.

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The Highest shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they may go through: therefore sawest thou the multitude with peace.

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But those that be left behind of thy people are they that are found within my borders.

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Now when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend his people that remain.

2 Esdras 13:51
Then said I, O Lord that bearest rule, shew me this: Wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the midst of the sea?

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And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.

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That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard:

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And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part.

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And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and haste thee to flee from these times.

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For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.

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Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people which are present: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? thus the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.

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For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.

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But if I have found grace before thee, send the Holy Ghost into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may find thy path, and that they which will live in the latter days may live.

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And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty days.

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And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.

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Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.

2 Esdras 14:38
And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink.

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The Highest gave understanding unto the five men, and they wrote the wonderful visions of the night that were told, which they knew not: and they sat forty days, and they wrote in the day, and at night they ate bread.

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And it came to pass, when the forty days were filled, that the Highest spake, saying, The first that thou hast written publish openly, that the worthy and unworthy may read it:

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But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them only to such as be wise among the people:

2 Esdras 15:3
Fear not the imaginations against thee, let not the incredulity of them trouble thee, that speak against thee.

2 Esdras 15:12
Egypt shall mourn, and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it.

2 Esdras 15:13
They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation.

2 Esdras 15:14
Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!

2 Esdras 15:20
Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me, which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; to turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them.

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My right hand shall not spare the sinners, and my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent blood upon the earth.

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The fire is gone forth from his wrath, and hath consumed the foundations of the earth, and the sinners, like the straw that is kindled.

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Woe to them that sin, and keep not my commandments! saith the Lord.

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For the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him, and therefore delivereth he them unto death and destruction.

2 Esdras 15:29
Where the nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots, and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind upon earth, that all they which hear them may fear and tremble.

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And there shall be great fearfulness and trembling upon earth: and they that see the wrath shall be afraid, and trembling shall come upon them.

2 Esdras 15:40
The great and mighty clouds shall be puffed up full of wrath, and the star, that they may make all the earth afraid, and them that dwell therein; and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place an horrible star,

2 Esdras 15:41
Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters.

2 Esdras 15:44
They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her: then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven, and all they that be about her shall bewail her.

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And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear.

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And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:

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Woe be unto thee, thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself like unto her; and hast decked thy daughters in whoredom, that they might please and glory in thy lovers, which have always desired to commit whoredom with thee.

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Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,

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And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over thee.

2 Esdras 15:51
Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive thee.

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They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and eat their own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of bread, and thirst of water.

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And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and shall destroy some portion of thy land, and consume part of thy glory, and shall return to Babylon that was destroyed.

2 Esdras 16:5
Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them away?

2 Esdras 16:7
May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?

2 Esdras 16:8
The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive them away?

2 Esdras 16:9
A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may quench it?

2 Esdras 16:13
For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.

2 Esdras 16:16
Like as an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again.

2 Esdras 16:21
Behold, victuals shall be so good cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion.

2 Esdras 16:22
For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine; and the other, that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy.

2 Esdras 16:27
So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.

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Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard:

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Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.


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