1After that time, in the place where I had seen every secret vision, I was taken up in a whirlwind, and carried towards the west,
2There my eyes saw the secrets of heaven, and all which was on the earth, a mountain of iron, a mountain of copper, a mountain of silver, a mountain of gold, a mountain of fluid metal, and a mountain of lead.
3And I enquired of the angel who went with me, and said, What are these things, which in secret I behold?
4He said, All these things which thou seest shall be for the dominion of the Messiah, that he may reign and be powerful on the earth.
5And that angel of peace answered me and said, Wait but a short time, and thou shalt see, and every secret thing shall be disclosed to thee which the Lord of spirits hath determined, for these mountains which thou hast seen, the mountain of iron, the mountain of copper, the mountain of silver, the mountain of gold, the mountain of fluid metal, and the mountain of lead, all these in the presence of the Elect One shall be like a honeycomb before the fire, and like water descending from above upon the mountains, and shall become weakened before his feet;
6In those days they shall not be saved by gold and by silver,
7And they will not have it in their power to defend themselves and to fly.
8There shall be neither iron given for arms, nor a coat of mail for the breast.
9Copper shall be useless, also that shall be useless which neither rusts nor wastes away, and lead shall not be desired.
10All these things shall be rejected, and perish from the earth, when the Elect One shall appear in the presence of the Lord of spirits.