2 Esdras 4:33-35

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When Will the New Age Come?

³³ Then I answered and said, “How long?^[a] When will these things be? Why are our years few and evil?”^{(A) 34} He answered me and said, “Do not be in a greater hurry than the Most High. You, indeed, are in a hurry for yourself,^[b] but the Highest is in a hurry on behalf of many.^{(B) 35} Did not the souls of the righteous in their chambers ask about these matters, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here?^[c] And when will the harvest of our reward come?’^(C)