ToC | Apocrypha . . . 2 Esdras | ToC [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] 1. The Genealogy of Ezra 1. Ezra's Prophetic Call 1. God's Mercies to Israel 1. Israel's Disobedience and Rejection 2. God's Judgment on Israel 2. Exhortation to Good Works 2. Ezra on Mount Horeb 2. Ezra Sees the Son of God 3. Ezra's Prayer of Complaint 3. Babylon Compared with Zion 4. Limitations of the Human Mind 4. Parable of the Forest and the Sea 4. The New Age Will Make All Things Clear 4. When Will the New Age Come? 4. How Much Time Remains? 5. Signs of the End 5. Conclusion of the Vision 5. Ezra's Second Prayer of Complaint 5. Response to Ezra's Complaints 5. Why Successive Generations Have Been Created 5. When and How Will the End Come? 6. The Dividing of the Times 6. More Signs of the End 6. Conclusion of the Second Vision 6. The Third Vision 6. God's Work in Creation 6. Why Do God's People Suffer? 7. Response to Ezra's Questions 7. The Fate of the Ungodly 7. The Temporary Messianic Kingdom 7. Only a Few Will Be Saved 7. Lamentation of Ezra, with Response 7. State of the Dead before Judgment 7. No Intercession for the Ungodly 7. Lamentation over the Fate of Most People 7. Ezra Appeals to God's Mercy 8. Ezra Again Appeals to God's Mercy 8. Ezra's Prayer 8. Response to Ezra's Prayer 8. Ezra's Final Appeal for Mercy 9. More about the Signs of the End 9. The Argument Recapitulated 9. The Abiding Glory of the Mosaic Law 9. The Vision of a Weeping Woman 10. Uriel's Interpretation of the Vision 11. The Vision of the Eagle 11. A Lion Roused from the Forest 12. The Interpretation of the Vision 12. The People Come to Ezra 13. The Man from the Sea 13. The Interpretation of the Vision 14. The Lord Commissions Ezra 14. Ezra's Concern to Restore the Scriptures 14. Ezra's Last Words to the People 14. The Restoration of the Scriptures 15. Vengeance on the Wicked 15. A Terrifying Vision of Warfare 15. Judgment on Babylon 15. Judgment on Asia 16. Further Denunciations 16. The Horror of the Last Days 16. God's People Must Prepare for the End 16. The Power and Wisdom of God 16. Impending Persecution of God's People 16. Promise of Divine Deliverance ToC | Apocrypha . . . 2 Esdras | ToC The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.