35 Didn’t the souls of the righteous ask about these things in their chambers, saying, ‘How long will we be here? When does the fruit of the threshing floor come?’ (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:35
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2 Esdras 4:38–40
38 Then I answered, “O sovereign Lord, all of us are full of ungodliness. (WEB) 39 Perhaps it is for our sakes that the threshing time of the righteous is kept back—because of the sins of those who dwell on the earth.” (WEB) 40 So he answered me, “Go your way to a woman with child,… (WEB)
Apocryphon of John 18:9–11
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2 Esdras 7:99–101
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2 Esdras 6:58–59
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Revelation 6:9–11
9 And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and…
2 Esdras 7:73–75
73 What then will they have to say in the judgment, or how will they answer in the last times? (WEB) 74 For how long a time has the Most High been patient with those who inhabit the world, and not for their sakes, but because of the times which he has foreordained!” (WEB) 75 I answ… (WEB)
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