II Edras Chapter 5
There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber,
And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.
One land shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.