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2 Esdras 7:85-95 World English Bible (WEB)

85. The fifth way, they shall see the dwelling places of the others guarded by angels, with great quietness.

86. The sixth way, they shall see how forthwith some of them shall pass into torment.

87. The seventh way, which is more grievous than all the aforesaid ways, because they shall pine away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall be withered up by fears, seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they have sinned while living, and before whom they shall be judged in the last times.

88. Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from the corruptible vessel.

89. In the time that they lived therein they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly.

90. Wherefore this is the teaching concerning them:

91. First of all they shall see with great joy the glory of him who takes them up, for they shall have rest in seven orders.

92. The first order, because they have striven with great labor to overcome the evil thought which was fashoned together with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death.

93. The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the ungodly wander, and the punishment that awaits them.

94. The third order, they see the witness which he that fashioned them bears concerning them, that while they lived they kept the law which was given them in trust.

95. The fourth order, they understand the rest which, being gathered in their chambers, they now enjoy with great quietness, guarded by angels, and the glory that awaits them in the last days.