2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 157
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1 Babylon and other places are threatened
with plagues that cannot be avoided: 23 and
with desolation. 40 The servants of Yahuah
must look for troubles: 51 and not hide their
sins, 74 but leave them, and they shall be
delivered.
Further Denunciations
B A T T L E
shall thunder, and who shall
not be afraid?
11 Yahuah shall threaten, and
who shall not be utterly beaten
to powder at his presence?
12 The earth quakes and the
foundations thereof, the sea
arises up with waves from the
deep, and the waves of it are
troubled, and the fish thereof
also before Yahuah, and
before the glory of his power.
13 For strong is his right hand
that bends the bow, his arrows
that he shoots are sharp, and
shall not miss when they begin
to be shot into the ends of the
world.
14 Behold, the plagues are
sent, and shall not return
again, until they come upon
the earth.
15 The fire is kindled, and
shall not be put out, til it
consume the foundation of
the earth.
16 Like as an arrow which
is shot of a mighty archer
returns not backward: even so
the plagues that shall be sent
upon earth, shall not return
again.
17 Woe is me, woe is me, who
will deliver me in those days?
1 Woe be unto you, Babylon
and Asia, woe be unto you
Egypt and Syria.
2 Gird up yourselves with
clothes of sack and hair,
bewail your children, and be
sorry, for your destruction is at
hand.
3 A sword is sent upon you,
and who may turn it back?
4 A fire is sent among you,
and who may quench it?
5 Plagues are sent unto you,
and what is he that may drive
them away?
6 May any man drive away a
hungry Lion in the wood? or
may any one quench the fire
in stubble, when it has begun
to burn?
7 May one turn again the
arrow that is shot of a strong
archer?
8 The mighty Yahuah sends
the plagues, and who is he that
can drive them away?
9 A fire shall go forth from his
wrath: and who is he that may The Horror of the Last
Cf. Mt. 24:8.
quench it?
Days
Messiah
quoted
10 He shall cast lightnings,
2 Esdras
and who shall not fear? he 18 The beginning of sorrows, again.
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