Common English Bible

2 Esdras 14:35-39 Common English Bible (CEB)

35. Judgment comes after death, when we are restored to life, and then the names of the just will appear and the deeds of the wicked will be exposed.

36. But let no one approach me now or come looking for me for forty days."

37. I took the five men, as he had commanded me, and we went out into the field and remained there.

38. So it happened to me on the next day that a voice called me: "Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I give you to drink."

39. So I opened my mouth, and a full cup was set before me. It was full of something like water, but its color was like fire.