1 'Hear therefore the interpretation of the last black waters which are to come [after the black]: this (2BA) 2 is the word. Behold! the days come, and it shall be when the time of the age has ripened, And the harvest of its evil and good seeds has come, That the Mighty One will bring upon the earth and its inhabitants and upon its rulers Perturbation of spirit and stupor of heart. (2BA) 3 And they shall hate one another, And provoke one another to fight, And the mean shall rule over the honourable, And those of low degree shall be extolled above the famous. (2BA)
2 Baruch 70:1–3
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