2 Esdras 5:4–9

⁴But if the Most High grants that you live, you shall see it thrown into confusion after the third period;

and the sun shall suddenly shine forth at night,

and the moon during the day.

⁵Blood shall drip from wood,

and the stone shall utter its voice;

the peoples shall be troubled,

and the stars shall fall.

⁶And one shall reign whom those who dwell on earth do not expect, and the birds shall fly away together;

⁷and the sea of Sodom shall cast up fish; and one whom the many do not know shall make his voice heard by night, and all shall hear his voice.

⁸There shall be chaos also in many places, and fire shall often break out, and the wild beasts shall roam beyond their haunts, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters.

⁹And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall conquer one another; then shall reason hide itself, and wisdom shall withdraw into its chamber,