2 Esdras 6:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ that the speech concerns them. They will tremble and be shaken, for they know that their end must be changed.’

¹⁷ When I heard this, I got to my feet and listened; a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of mighty^[a] waters. ¹⁸ It said, ‘The days are coming when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,