2 Esdras 7:43-45

Revised Standard Version

⁴³ For it will last for about a week of years. ⁴⁴ This is my judgment and its prescribed order; and to you alone have I shown these things.”

Only a Few Will Be Saved

⁴⁵ I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, I said then and I say now:^[a] Blessed are those who are alive and keep thy commandments!