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Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; and little strength is there in me, for the great fear wherewith I was afflicted this night.
Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end.
And I said, Lord that bearest rule, if I have found grace before thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face;
Comfort me then, and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision, that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soul.
For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times.
And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of the vision:
The eagle, whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the kingdom which was seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel.
But it was not expounded unto him, therefore now I declare it unto thee.
Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it.
In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another:
Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou sawest.
As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:
That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.
And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation:
That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.
And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end.
And whereas thou sawest three heads resting, this is the interpretation:
In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle.
For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.
And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.
For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword.
For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself.
And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side;
It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest.
And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;
This is the anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and shall upbraid them with their cruelty.
For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall rebuke them, and correct them.
For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from the beginning.
This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the interpretations.
Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest.
Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:
And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets.
But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may be shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee. And with that he went his way.
And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said,
What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?
For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.
As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.
And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded them:
But I remained still in the field seven days, as the angel commanded me; and did eat only in those days of the flowers of the field, and had my meat of the herbs
And, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof.
And I beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the things trembled that were seen under him.
And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.
And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of the heaven, to subdue the man that came out of the sea
But I would have seen the region or place whereout the hill was graven, and I could not.
And after this I beheld, and, lo, all they which were gathered together to subdue him were sore afraid, and yet durst fight.
And, lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war:
And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.
Afterward saw I the same man come down from the mountain, and call unto him another peaceable Multitude.
And there came much people unto him, whereof some were glad, some were sorry, and some of them were bound, and other some brought of them that were offered: then was I sick through great fear, and I awaked, and said,
Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer:
Shew me now yet the interpretation of this dream.
For as I conceive in mine understanding, woe unto them that shall be left in those days and much more woe unto them that are not left behind!
For they that were not left were in heaviness.
Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.
Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare.
Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.
And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;
And that he held neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to subdue him; this is the interpretation:
Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.
And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending.
And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another.
And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thou sawest them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting.
But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion.
And Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being prepared and builded, like as thou sawest the hill graven without hands.
And this my Son shall rebuke the wicked inventions of those nations, which for their wicked life are fallen into the tempest;
And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the torments wherewith they shall begin to be tormented, which are like unto a flame: and he shall destroy them without labour by the law which is like unto me.
Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.
But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river.
For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over.
For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.
Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
The Highest shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they may go through: therefore sawest thou the multitude with peace.
But those that be left behind of thy people are they that are found within my borders.
Now when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend his people that remain.
And then shall he shew them great wonders.
Then said I, O Lord that bearest rule, shew me this: Wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the midst of the sea?
And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
This is the interpretation of the dream which thou sawest, and whereby thou only art here lightened.
And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things.
Then went I forth into the field, giving praise and thanks greatly unto the most High because of his wonders which he did in time;
And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days.
And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.
Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt:
And I sent him and led my people out of Egypt, and brought him up to the mount of where I held him by me a long season,