2 Esdras 13:18: "Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind."

2 Esdras 13:19: "Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare." (Read 2 Esdras chapters 4 through 13)

2 Esdras 13:23: "He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty."

2 Esdras 13:24: "Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead."

2 Esdras 13:29: "Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth."

2 Esdras 13:30: "And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth."

2 Esdras 13:31: "And one shall undertake to fight against another, one city against another, one place against another, one people against another, and one realm against another."
See Matthew 24:3, 6-8 Matthew 24:3: "And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"

Matthew 24:6: "And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

Matthew 24:7: "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."

Matthew 24:8: "All these are the beginning of sorrows." .

2 Esdras 16:17: "Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?"

2 Esdras 16:18: "The beginning of sorrows and great mournings; the beginning of famine and great death; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! what shall I do when these evils shall come?"

2 Esdras 16:35: "Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord."

2 Esdras 16:36: "Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord spake."

2 Esdras 16:37: "Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack."

2 Esdras 16:38: "As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment:"

2 Esdras 16:39: "Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side."

2 Esdras 16:40: "O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth."
See Matthew 24:15-18 Matthew 24:15: "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)"

Matthew 24:16: "Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:"

Matthew 24:17: "Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:"

Matthew 24:18: "Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes." | 19-21 Matthew 24:19: "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!"

Matthew 24:20: "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:"

Matthew 24:21: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." .

2 Esdras 16:41: "He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:"

2 Esdras 16:42: "He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:"

2 Esdras 16:43: "He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:"

2 Esdras 16:44: "They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers."

2 Esdras 16:45: "And therefore they that labour labour in vain:"
See Luke 21:34-35 Luke 21:34: "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."

Luke 21:35: "For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth." .

2 Esdras 16:67: "Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for ever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble."

2 Esdras 16:68: "For, behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you, being idle, with things offered unto idols."

2 Esdras 16:69: "And they that consent unto them shall be had in derision and in reproach, and trodden under foot."

2 Esdras 16:70: "For there shall be in every place, and in the next cities, a great insurrection upon those that fear the Lord."

2 Esdras 16:71: "They shall be like mad men, sparing none, but still spoiling and destroying those that fear the Lord."

2 Esdras 16:72: "For they shall waste and take away their goods, and cast them out of their houses."

2 Esdras 16:73: "Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as the gold in the fire."

2 Esdras 16:74: "Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same."
See Daniel 12:1 Daniel 12:1: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." .

2 Esdras 16:75: "Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide,"

2 Esdras 16:76: "And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves."