2 Esdras 4:46-48

Revised Standard Version

⁴⁶ For I know what has gone by, but I do not know what is to come.”

⁴⁷ And he said to me, “Stand at my right side, and I will show you the interpretation of a parable.”

⁴⁸ So I stood and looked, and behold, a flaming furnace passed by before me, and when the flame had gone by I looked, and behold, the smoke remained.