2 Esdras 9:1-3

Common English Bible

9 He answered me: “Measure carefully within yourself, and when you see that a certain part of the signs that were predicted have passed, ² then you will understand that the time has come in which the Most High will begin to visit the world that he made. ³ When the movement of places, tumult of peoples, plotting of nations, inconstancy of leaders, and confusion of princes appear in the world,