2 Esdras 13:24
King James VersionSource notes
“Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.”
Context
21The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
22Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
23He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
24Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
25This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
26The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.
27And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;