2 Esdras 5:1-3

Revised Standard Version

Signs of the End

5 “Now concerning the signs: behold, the days are coming when those who dwell on 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 And unrighteousness shall be increased beyond what you yourself see, and beyond what you heard of formerly. ³ And the land which you now see ruling shall be waste and untrodden,^[b] and men shall see it desolate.