1. Nevertheless as concerning the tokens, behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon earth shall be taken with great amazement, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.
2. But iniquity shall be increased above that which now you see, or that you have heard long ago.
3. And the land, that you see now to have rule, shall be waste and untrodden, and men shall see it desolate.
4. But if the Most High grant you to live, you shall see that which is after the third kingdom to be troubled; and the sun shall suddenly shine forth in the night, and the moon in the day:
5. and blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his voice, and the peoples shall be troubled; and their goings shall be changed:
6. and he shall rule, whom they that dwell upon the earth look not for, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
7. and the Sodomite sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but all shall hear the voice thereof.
8. There shall be chaos also in many places, and the fire shall be often sent out, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and women shall bring forth monsters:
9. and salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into its chamber;
10. and it shall be sought of many, and shall not be found: and unrighteousness and incontinency shall be multiplied upon earth.
11. One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness, is a man that does righteousness, gone through you? And it shall say, No.
12. And it shall come to pass at that time that men shall hope, but shall not obtain: they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.