39. because he has seen that you have lived a righteous life and have always grieved and mourned for your people and for Jerusalem.
40. This is what the vision means: a woman appeared to you a little while ago,
41. and when you saw that she was mourning, you tried to console her.
42-43. The woman told you about the death of her son. Then she vanished from your sight, and a whole city appeared. This is the meaning:
44. the woman you saw is Jerusalem, which you now see as a completed city.
45. When she told you that for thirty years she had had no children, it meant that for 3,000 years no offerings had yet been made there.
46. Then Solomon built the city, and sacrifices began to be offered there. At that time the childless woman gave birth to her son.
47. When she told you that she took great care in bringing the son up, that referred to the period when Jerusalem was inhabited.
48. When she told you of the death of her son on his wedding day, that meant the destruction of Jerusalem.
49. So in the vision you saw how she mourned for her son, and you tried to console her for what had happened — this is what was to be revealed to you.
50. When God Most High saw that you were grieving for the woman with all your heart and soul, he showed you all her glory and majestic beauty.
51. That is why I told you to go and stay in the field where no one had ever lived,
52. for I knew that God Most High was going to show you these things.
53. I told you to go to the field where no foundation had ever been built,
54. because nothing built by man could stand in the place where the city of God Most High was about to be revealed.
55. “So don't be afraid. Go into the city and look at its beautiful and majestic buildings. See as much as you can.
56. After that, you will hear as much as you can.
57. You are more fortunate than most people, and only a few have the reputation with God Most High that you have.
58. Remain here until tomorrow night,
59. and he will show you in dreams and visions what he plans to do for those who will be living on the earth in the last days.” So I slept there that night and the next, as I had been told.