And I answered and said: “O Mighty, Eternal One, hallowed by Thy power! Be favourable to my petition, for for this hast Thou brought me up here—and shew m]. As Thou hast brought me up to Thy height, so make this known to me, Thy beloved one, as much as I ask — whether what I saw shall happen to them for long?
And He showed me a multitude of His people, and said to me: “On their account through four issues, as thou sawest, I shall be provoked by them, and in these my retribution for their deeds shall be accomplished. But in the fourth outgoing of a hundred years and one hour of the age it shall be in misfortune among the heathen [but one hour in mercy and contumely, as among the heathen.]