²⁹ `And this `is' to you the sign -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I am seeing after you in this place, so that ye know that My words are certainly established against you for evil;

²¹ Many `are' the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

⁸ Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.

³⁰ Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those seeking his life, as I have given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and who is seeking his life.'

¹⁵ `Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)

¹⁶ then those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts;

³⁴ and this `is' to thee the sign that cometh unto thy two sons, unto Hophni and Phinehas -- in one day they die both of them;

³² `And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer `is' nigh,

³³ so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.

³⁴ Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

¹⁴ `And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

¹⁵ and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

¹⁶ and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

²⁰ `And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

²¹ then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;

²⁹ And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

³⁰ when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

³¹ so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

³² verily I say to you -- This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

³³ the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.