2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 122
9 : M O R E
And now
because
the time of
the world
was come,
when I was
preparing the
world.
But when
the world
was made,
both now
and then, the
manners of
every one
created were
corrupted
by a never
failing
harvest, and
a law unsearchable.
Or, grain.
Cf. Jn. 15.
Or, grain.
R E V E L A T I O N
also is the work: and as the
husbandman is himself, so is
his husbandry also: for it was
the time of the world.
18 And now when I prepared
the world, which was not yet
made, even for them to dwell
in that now live, no man spoke
against me.
19 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.
20 So I considered the world,
and behold there was peril,
because of the devices that
were come into it.
21 And I saw and spared it
greatly, and have kept me a
grape of the cluster, and a
plant of a great people.
22 Let the multitude perish
then, which was born in vain,
and let my grape be kept and
my plant: for with great labor
have I made it perfect.
23 Nevertheless if you will
cease yet seven days more (but
you shall not fast in them.)
24 But go into a field of
flowers, where no house is
built, and eat only the flowers
of the field, Taste no flesh,
drink no wine, but eat flowers
only.
25 And pray unto the Highest
O F
T H E
E N D
T I M E S
continually, then will I come
and talk with you.
The Abiding Glory of the
Mosaic Law
26 So I went my way into the
field which is called Ardath,
like as he commanded me,
and there I sat amongst the
flowers, and did eat of the
herbs of the field, and the
meat of the same satisfied me.
27 After seven days I sat
upon the grass, and my heart
was vexed within me, like as
before.
28 And I opened my mouth,
and began to talk before the
Most High and said,
29 O Yahuah, you that shows
yourself unto us, you were
shown unto our fathers in the
wilderness, in a place where
no man treads, in a barren
place when they came out of
Egypt.
30 And you spoke, saying,
Hear me, O Israel, and mark
my words, you seed of Yacob.
31 For behold I sow my law in
you, and it shall bring fruit in
you, and you shall be honored
in it forever.
32 But our fathers which
received the law, kept it
not, and observed not your
ordinances, and though the
fruit of your law did not
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Cf. Ex. 19:9,
24:3.
Dt. 4:12.
Or, comes.
