2 Esdras 14:37

2 Esdras 14:37 Context

³⁴Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy. ³⁵For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared. ³⁶Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days. ³⁷So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went into the field, and remained there. ³⁸And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink. ³⁹Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, he reached me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire. ⁴⁰And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit strengthened my memory:

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