2 Esdras 6:16-18

Revised Standard Version

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 rose to my feet and listened, and behold, a voice was speaking, and its sound was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁸ And it said, “Behold, the days are coming, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,