48
Toward the setting sun he sees a furnace burning fiercely, into which kings and rulers of the world are sent.
49
Thousands of poor people accuse those rulers, saying their power wounded the weak and dragged free ishim into servitude.
50
He sees another furnace of pitch and sulfur in which sons are punished for injuring and dishonoring their parents, including harm done by speech.
51
In a deep darkness he sees another burning furnace into which many women are cast.
52
The messengers say they conceived children through adultery and killed the children.
53
The children themselves are presented as accusing them before Yahuah for taking away the lives given to them.
54
The messengers repeat that the judgment concerns the killing of their children.
55
Ezra again cries for mercy.