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2 Esdras 13:29-39 World English Bible (WEB)

29. Behold, the days come, when the Most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.

30. And there shall come astonishment of mind upon them that dwell on the earth.

31. And one shall think to war against another, city against city, place against place, people against people, and kingdom against kingdom.

32. And it shall be, when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I showed you before, then shall my Son be revealed, whom you saw as a man ascending.

33. And it shall be, when all the nations hear his voice, every man shall leave his own land and the battle they have one against another.

34. And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, desiring to come, and to fight against him.

35. But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion.

36. And Sion shall come, and shall be showed to all men, being prepared and builded, like as you saw the mountain graven without hands.

37. And this my Son shall rebuke the nations which are come for their wickedness, with plagues that are like to a tempest;

38. and shall taunt them to their face with their evil thoughts, and the torments wherewith they shall be tormented, which are likened to a flame: and he shall destroy them without labor by the law, which is likened to fire.

39. And whereas you saw that he gathered to him another multitude that was peaceful;

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