2 Esdras 12:7-9

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The Interpretation of the Vision

⁷ And I said, “O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in thy sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before thee beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before thy face, ⁸ strengthen me and show me, thy servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision, that thou mayest fully comfort my soul. ⁹ For thou hast judged me worthy to be shown the end of the times and the last events of the times.”