2 Esdras 6:18-20

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¹⁸ It said, “The days are coming when I draw near to visit the inhabitants of the earth,^{(A) 19} and when I require from the doers of iniquity the penalty of their iniquity, and when the humiliation of Zion is complete.^{(B) 20} When the seal is placed upon the age that is about to pass away, then I will show these signs: the books shall be opened before the face of the firmament, and all shall see my judgment^[a] together.^(C)