2 Esdras 8:18
King James VersionSource notes
“But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.”
Context
15Now therefore, Lord, I will speak; touching man in general, thou knowest best; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry;
16And for thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
17Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.
18But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.
19Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
20O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;
21Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,