Verse 47
2 Esdras 4:47
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And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.
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And the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer,
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and said to me, thy heart hath utterly failed thee in regarding this world, and thinkest thou to co...
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Then said I, Yea my Lord. And he answered me, and said, I am sent to shew thee three ways, and to se...
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whereof if thou canst declare me one, I also will shew thee the way that thou desirest to see, and I...
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And I said, say on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Go to, weigh me a weight of fire, or measure me a...
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Then answered I and said, who of the sons of men is able to do this, that thou shouldest ask me of...
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And he said unto me, If I had asked thee, saying, How many dwellings are there in the heart of the s...
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peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neith...
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Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day, things wherethroug...
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He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, that are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
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how then can thy vessel comprehend the way of the Most High? and how can he that is already worn out...
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And when I heard these things I fell upon my face, and said unto him, It were better that we were no...
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He answered me, and said, The woods of the trees of the field went forth, and took counsel together,
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and said, Come, let us go and make war against the sea, that it may depart away before us, and that...
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The waves of the sea also in like manner took counsel together, and said, Come, let us go up and sub...
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The counsel of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it:
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likewise also the counsel of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
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If thou wert judge now betwixt these two, whom wouldest thou justify, or whom condemn?
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I answered and said, it is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given unto...
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Then answered he me, and said, Thou hast given a right judgement, and why judgest thou not in thine...
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For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his waves, even so they that dwell upo...
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Then answered I and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, wherefore is the power of understanding given unto...
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For it was not in my mind to be curious of the ways above, but of such things as pass by us daily; b...
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and we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is as a vapour, neither are we worth...
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What will he then do for his name whereby we are called? Of these things have I asked.
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Then he answered me, and said, if thou be alive thou shalt see, and if thou livest long, thou shalt...
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For it is not able to bear the things that are promised to the righteous in the times to come: for...
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For the evil whereof thou askest me is sown, but the gathering thereof is not yet come.
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If therefore that which is sown be not reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away...
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For a grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much wickedness h...
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Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness a grain of evil seed hath brought forth.
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When the ears which are without number shall be sown, how great a floor shall they fill!
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Then I answered and said, How long? and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our year...
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And he answered me, and said, Thou dost not hasten more than the Most High: for thy haste is for thi...
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Did not the souls of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long...
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And unto them Jeremiel the archangel gave answer, and said, Even when the number is fulfilled of the...
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and by measure hath he measured the times, and by number hath he numbered the seasons; and he shall...
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Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, yet even we all are full of impiety:
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and for our sakes peradventure it is that the threshing time of the righteous is kept back, because...
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So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfille...
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Then said I, no, Lord, that can it not. And he said unto me, in the grave the chambers of souls are...
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for like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the anguish of the travail: even so do th...
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Then shall it be shewed thee concerning those things which thou desirest to see.
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Then answered I and said, if I have found favour in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be me...
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shew me this also, whether there be more to come than is past, or whether the more part is gone over...
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For what is gone I know, but what is for to come I know not.
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And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.
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so I stood, and saw, and, behold, a hot burning oven passed by before me: and it happened, that when...
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After this there passed by before me a watery cloud, and sent down much rain with a storm; and when...
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Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and the fire is gre...
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Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time? or who shall be in those days?
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He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof thou askest me, I may tell thee of them in part:...
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