35. for Judgement Day comes after death. We will be brought back to life, and the righteous people will be made known, while what the godless people have done will be exposed.
36. But now for forty days, no one is to come near me or try to find me.”
37. As I had been commanded, I took the five men, and we went to the field and stayed there.
38. On the next day I suddenly heard a voice saying, “Ezra, open your mouth and drink what I am giving you.”
39. So I opened my mouth, and I was handed a cup full of a fiery-coloured liquid,
40. which I took and drank. When I had drunk it, my mind overflowed with understanding, and wisdom increased within me as my memory became perfect.
41. I began to speak and went on talking without stopping.