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2 Esdras 4:43-48 Common English Bible (CEB)

43. Then you will be shown the things you want to see."

44. I answered, "If I have found favor with you, if it is possible, if I am worthy,

45. show me this also, whether there is more time yet to come than has past or whether the greater times have passed over us,

46. for I know what has passed, but I don’t know what is to come."

47. He answered me: "Stand off to the right, and I will show you the interpretation of a parable."

48. I stood aside and looked, and right there a burning furnace passed before me, and when the flame had passed, I looked and the smoke remained.

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