2 Esdras 13:39-50

39 "And as for your seeing him gather to himself another multitude that was peaceable,
40 these are the nine tribes that were taken away from their own land into exile in the days of King Hoshea, whom Shalmaneser, king of the Assyrians, made captives; he took them across the river, and they were taken into another land.
41 But they formed this plan for themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a more distant region, where no human beings had ever lived,
42 so that there at least they might keep their statutes that they had not kept in their own land.
43 And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates river.
44 For at that time the Most High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the river until they had crossed over.
45 Through that region there was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that country is called Arzareth.
46 "Then they lived there until the last times; and now, when they are about to come again,
47 the Most High will stop the channels of the river again, so that they may be able to cross over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in peace.
48 But those who are left of your people, who are found within my holy borders, shall be saved.
49 Therefore when he destroys the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he will defend the people who remain.
50 And then he will show them very many wonders."

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Other Lat Mss [ten]; Syr Ethiop Arab 1 Arm [nine and a half]
  • [b]. That is [Another Land]
  • [c]. Syr: Lat [stops]
  • [d]. Syr: Lat lacks [shall be saved]
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