2 Esdras 13:24-26

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²⁴ Understand, therefore, that those who are left are more blessed than those who have died.

²⁵ “This is the interpretation of the vision: As for your seeing a man come up from the heart of the sea,^{(A) 26} this is he whom the Most High has been keeping for many ages, who will himself deliver his creation, and he will direct those who are left.