2 Esdras 12:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

The Interpretation of the Vision

⁷ Then I said, ‘O sovereign Lord, if I have found favour in your sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before you beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before your face, ⁸ strengthen me and show me, your servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision so that you may fully comfort my soul. ⁹ For you have judged me worthy to be shown the end of the times and the last events of the times.’