2 Esdras 6:27
King James VersionSource notes
“For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched.”
Context
24At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.
25Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.
26And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.
27For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched.
28As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit, shall be declared.
29And when he talked with me, behold, I looked by little and little upon him before whom I stood.
30And these words said he unto me; I am come to shew thee the time of the night to come.