¹And I answered and said: 'Not so, O LORD, my Lord.'

²And He answered and said unto me: 'Why therefore art thou troubled about that which thou knowest not, and why art thou ill at ease about things in which thou art ignorant?

³For as thou hast not forgotten the people who now are and those who have passed away, so I remember those who are appointed to come.

⁴Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then the multitude of those who should be born was numbered, and for that number a place was prepared where the living might dwell and the dead might be guarded.

⁵Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead.

⁶And again it is given unto thee to hear what things are to come after these times.

⁷For truly My redemption has drawn nigh, and is not far distant as aforetime. 24. The coming Judgment.