6:2 Before it thundered and lightened, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid, 6:3 Before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together, 6:4 Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot, 6:5 And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure: 6:6 Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other. 6:7 Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth? 6:8 And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob’s hand held first the heel of Esau. 6:9 For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth. 6:10 The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not. 6:11 I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight, 6:12 I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou shewedst me part the last night. 6:13 So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and hear a mighty sounding voice. 6:14 And it shall be as it were a great motion; but the place where thou standest shall not be moved. 6:15 And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood. 6:16 And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed. 6:17 And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters. 6:18 And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth, 6:19 And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled; 6:20 And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together: 6:21 And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up. 6:22 And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty: 6:23 And tha trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.