2 Esdras 5:4-6

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⁴But if the Most High grants that you live, you shall see it thrown into confusion after the third period;^[a]

and the sun shall suddenly shine forth at night,
    and the moon during the day.
⁵Blood shall drip from wood,
    and the stone shall utter its voice;
the peoples shall be troubled,
    and the stars shall fall.^[b]

⁶And one shall reign whom those who dwell on earth do not expect, and the birds shall fly away together;

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Footnotes

2 Esdras 5:4 Literally after the third; Ethiop after three months; Arm after the third vision; Georg after the third day
2 Esdras 5:5 Ethiop Compare Syr and Arab: Latin is uncertain

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