2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 125
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sorrow to yourself, and bear
with a good courage that
which has befallen you.
16 For if you shall acknowledge
the determination of Elohim
to be just, you shall both
receive your son in time, and
shall be commended amongst
women.
17 Go your way then into the
city, to your husband.
18 And she said unto me,
That I will not do: I will not
go into the city, but here I will
die.
19 So I proceeded to speak
further unto her, and said,
20 Do not so, but be counseled
by me: for how many are
the adversities of Sion? Be
comforted in regard of the
sorrow of Yerusalem.
21 For you see that our
Sanctuary is laid waste, our
Altar broken down, our
Temple destroyed.
22 Our Psaltery is laid on
the ground, our song is put
to silence, our rejoicing is
at an end, the light of our
candlestick is put out, the Ark
of our Covenant is spoiled, our
holy things are defiled, and the
Name that is called upon us, is
almost profaned: our children
are put to shame, our priests
are burnt, our Levites are
gone into captivity, our virgins
are defiled, and our wives
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V I S I O N S
ravished, our righteous men
carried away, our little ones
destroyed, our young men are
brought in bondage, and our
strong men are become weak.
23 And which is the greatest
of all, the seal of Sion has
now lost her honor: for she
is delivered into the hands of
them that hate us.
24 And therefore shake off
your great heaviness, and
put away the multitude of
sorrows, that the mighty may
be merciful unto you again,
and the Highest shall give you
rest, and ease from thy labor.
25 And it came to pass while
I was talking with her, behold
her face upon a sudden
shined exceedingly, and her
countenance glistered, so that
I was afraid of her, and mused
what it might be.
26 And behold suddenly, she
made a great cry very fearful:
so that the earth shook at the
noise of the woman.
27 And I looked, and behold,
the woman appeared unto me
no more, but there was a city
built, and a large place shown
itself from the foundations:
then was I afraid, and cried
with a loud voice, and said,
28 Where is Uriel the Angel, Chap.4.1.
into the
who came unto me at the Or,
multitude in a
first? for he has caused me to trance.
fall into many trances, and my
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