2 Esdras 9:1: "He answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently in itself: and when thou seest part of the signs past, which I have told thee before,"

2 Esdras 9:2: "Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which he made."

2 Esdras 9:3: "Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world:"

2 Esdras 9:4: "Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning."

2 Esdras 9:5: "For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:"

2 Esdras 9:6: "Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonder and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs."

2 Esdras 9:7: "And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,"

2 Esdras 9:8: "Shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders: for I have sanctified them for me from the beginning."

Joel 3:9: "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:"

Joel 3:10: "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."

Joel 3:11: "Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD."

Joel 3:12: "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."

Joel 3:13: "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."

Joel 3:14: "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision."