2 Esdras 13:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ for that very reason! They will see great dangers, and there will be many kinds of distress, as these dreams show. ²⁰ Yet it is better^[a] to encounter these things, even incurring danger, than to pass from the world like a cloud and not see what happens at the end.”

²¹ He answered me, “I will tell you the interpretation of the dream as well, and I will explain to you the things you spoke about.