2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 158
1 6 : T H E
Or plagues.
E N D
T I M E S
and great mournings, the
beginning of famine, and
great death: the beginning
of wars, and the powers shall
stand in fear, the beginning
of evils, what shall I do when
these evils shall come?
19 Behold, famine, and
plague,
tribulation
and
anguish, are sent as scourges
for amendment.
20 But for all these things
they shall not turn from their
wickedness, nor be always
mindful of the scourges.
21 Behold, victuals shall be so
good cheap upon earth, that
they shall think themselves to
be in good case, and even then
shall evils grow upon earth,
sword, famine, and great
confusion.
22 For many of them that
dwell upon earth, shall perish
of famine, and the other that
escape the hunger, shall the
sword destroy.
23 And the dead shall be cast
out as dung, and there shall be
no man to comfort them, for
the earth shall be wasted, and
the cities shall be cast down.
24 There shall be no man left
to till the earth, and to sow it.
25 The trees shall give fruit,
and who shall gather them?
26 The grapes shall ripe, and
who shall tread them? for all
places shall be desolate of
B A T T L E
men.
27 So that one man shall
desire to see another, and to
hear his voice.
28 For of a city there shall be
ten left, and two of the field
which shall hide themselves
in the thick groves, and in the
clefts of rocks.
29 As in an orchard of olives,
upon every tree there are left
three or four olives:
30 Or, when as a vineyard is
gathered, there are left some
clusters of them that diligently
seek through the vineyard:
31 Even so in those days there
shall be three or four left by
them that search their houses
with the sword.
32 And the earth shall be laid
waste, and the fields thereof
shall wax old, and her ways
and all her paths shall grow
full of thorns, because no man
shall travail therethrough.
33 The virgins shall mourn
having no bridegrooms, the
women shall mourn having
no husbands, their daughters
shall mourn having no helpers.
34 In the wars shall their
bridegrooms be destroyed,
and their husbands shall
perish of famine.
Yahuah’s People Must
Prepare for the End
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Cf. Rev. 6:16.
