Common English Bible

2 Esdras 13:43-54 Common English Bible (CEB)

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,

52. "Just as no one can seek out or know what is in the depth of the sea, so no one on earth can see my Son or those who are with him, except in that time when his day has come.

53. This is the interpretation of the dream that you saw, which has enlightened you alone of all people.

54. You have abandoned your own affairs and occupied yourself with mine, and you have sought out my Law.