1And I answered and said: 'Lo! Thou hast shown me the method of the times, and that which shall be after these things, and Thou hast said unto me, that the retribution, which has been spoken of by Thee, shall come upon the nations.
2And now I know that those who have sinned are many, and they have lived in prosperity, and departed from the world, but that few nations will be left in those times, to whom those words shall be said which Thou didst say.
3For what advantage is there in this, or what (evil), worse than what we have seen befall us, are we to expect to see?