Common English Bible

2 Esdras 13:42-51 Common English Bible (CEB)

42. There they would be able to observe their customs, which they hadn’t kept in their own region.

43. They went in through the narrow passages of the Euphrates River.

44. Then the Most High gave them signs and stopped the flow of the river until they had passed.

45. They made a long journey through that region for a year and a half, and that region is called Arzareth.

46. They lived there until the last time, and now they begin again to return.

47. The Most High will once again stop the flow of the river so that they can cross. These people make up the multitude gathered in peace,

48. along with those who are left of your people, who are found within my holy boundaries.

49. Then when he begins to destroy the multitude of the nations that are gathered, he will protect the people who have survived.

50. Then he will show them many more signs."

51. I said, "Supreme Lord, show me why I saw a man rising up from the heart of the sea."He said to me,