2 Esdras 6:20
King James VersionSource notes
“And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together:”
Context
17And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
18And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
19And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;
20And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together:
21And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up.
22And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:
23And the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.