2 Esdras 4:50-52

Revised Standard Version

⁵⁰ And he said to me, “Consider it for yourself; for as the rain is more than the drops, and the fire is greater than the smoke, so the quantity that passed was far greater; but drops and smoke remained.”

⁵¹ Then I prayed and said, “Do you think that I shall live until those days? Or who will be alive in those days?”

⁵² He answered me and said, “Concerning the signs about which you ask me, I can tell you in part; but I was not sent to tell you concerning your life, for I do not know.