Good News Bible Anglicised

2 Esdras 5:1-7 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

1. “But these are the signs: The time will come when all people on earth are in the grips of great confusion. The way of truth will be hidden, and no faith will be left in the land.

2. Wickedness will increase until it has become worse than you have ever known it to be.

3. The country that you now see ruling the world will lie in ruins, with no inhabitant or traveller there.

4. After that, if God Most High lets you live long enough, you will see that country in confusion. The sun will suddenly start shining at night, and the moon in the daytime.

5. Blood will drip from trees; stones will speak; nations will be in confusion; the movement of the stars will be changed.

6. A king unwanted by anyone will begin to rule, and the birds will fly away.

7. Fish will be washed up on the shores of the Dead Sea. The voice of one whom many do not know will be heard at night; everyone will hear it.