33. While they are still living, he will bring them to judgement, condemn them for their sin, and destroy them.
34. But he will have mercy on the rest of my people, those who are left in my land; he will set them free and make them happy until the end comes, the Judgement Day about which I told you at the beginning.
35. “That is the dream you had, and that is its interpretation.
36. But you are the only one that God Most High has considered worthy to reveal this secret to.
37. So write in a book everything you saw, and put it in a safe hiding place.
38. Then teach these secrets to those who are wise among your people, those who will be able to understand them and keep them secret.
39. But you must stay here seven more days, so that God Most High may reveal to you whatever he wishes.” Then the angel left me.
40. When the seven days had passed and all the people heard that I had not yet returned to the city, all of them, rich and poor, came and asked me,
41. “What wrong have we done to you? How have we ill-treated you? Why have you abandoned us and settled down in this place?
42. You are the only one of all our prophets who is left. You are like the last bunch of grapes in a vineyard, like a lantern in a dark place, like a safe harbour for a ship in a storm.
43. Haven't we suffered enough already?
44. If you abandon us, it would have been better if we had died like the others in the fire that destroyed Jerusalem.