Sibylline Oracles – Book VIII, Verses 305-325

305 He shall roll up the heaven; and of the moon
The light shall perish. And he shall exalt
The valleys and destroy the heights of hills,
And height no longer shall appear remaining
Among men. And the hills shall with the plains

310 Be level and no more on any sea
Shall there be sailing. For the earth shall then
With heat be shrivelled and the dashing streams
Shall with the fountains fall. The trump shall send
From heaven a very lamentable sound,

315 Howling the loathsomeness of wretched men
And the world’s woes. And then the yawning earth
Shall show Tartarean chaos. And all kings
Shall come unto the judgement seat of God.
And there shall out of heaven a stream of fire

320 And brimstone flow. But for all mortals then
Shall there a sign be, a distinguished seal,
The Wood among believers, and the horn
Fondly desired, the life of pious men,
But it shall be stumbling block of the world,

325 Giving illumination to the elect
By water in twelve springs; and there shall rule
A shepherding iron rod. This one who now
Is in acrostics which give signs of God
Thus written openly,

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