5. and ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the imaginations of them that now sin were estranged, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:
6. then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: as by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
7. Then answered I and said, what shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that follows?
8. And he said to me, From Abraham to Abraham, inasmuch as Jacob and Esau were born of him, for Jacob’s hand held the heel of Esau from the beginning.
9. For Esau is the end of this world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that follows.
10. The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel; between the heel and the hand seek you nothing else, Esdras.
11. I answered then and said, O Lord that bear rule, If I have found favor in your sight,
12. I beseech you, show your servant the end of your tokens, whereof you showed me part the last night.
13. So he answered and said to me, Stand up upon your feet, and you shall hear a mighty sounding voice;
14. and if the place whereon you stand be greatly moved,
15. when it speaks be you not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundations of the earth shall understand,
16. that the speech is of them: they shall tremble and be moved: for they know that their end must be changed.
17. And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spoke, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
18. And it said, Behold, the days come, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
19. and when I shall make inquisition of them that have done hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled,
20. and when the seal shall be set upon the world that is to pass away, then will I show these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see together:
21. and the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children at three or four months, and they shall live, and dance.