2 Esdras 5:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Signs of the End

5 ‘Now concerning the signs: lo, the days are coming when those who inhabit the earth shall be seized with great terror,^[a] and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith. ² Unrighteousness shall be increased beyond what you yourself see, and beyond what you heard of formerly. ³ And the land that you now see ruling shall be a trackless waste, and people shall see it desolate.