2 Esdras 14:18-20

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¹⁸ Truth shall go farther away, and falsehood shall come near. For the eagle^[a] that you saw in the vision is already hurrying to come.”^(A)

Ezra’s Concern to Restore the Scriptures

¹⁹ Then I answered and said, “Let me speak^[b] in your presence, Lord. ²⁰ For I will go, as you have commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living, but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and its inhabitants are without light.^(B)