The Lives of the Prophets 8

Jeremiah the prophet was from Anathoth, and in Taphnai of Egypt he was stoned by the people and died.

2And he lies in the place of Pharaoh's residence, because the Egyptians glorified him, having been benefited by him.

3For asps, and the beasts of the waters, which the Egyptians call Nephoth, and the Greeks crocodiles, were killing them; and when the prophet Jeremiah prayed, the fury of the asps was hindered from that land, and likewise the ambush of the beasts from the river.

4And all who are faithful, to this day, pray in that place, and taking dust from it they heal the bites of asps; and they drive away the beasts of the water.

5This prophet gave a sign to the priests of Egypt, saying that all their idols must be shaken, and all things made by hands must fall down, when a virgin in childbirth, with a godlike infant, should set foot in Egypt; which indeed came to pass for them.

6Before the capture of the temple this prophet seized the ark of the law and all that was in it, and caused them to be swallowed up in a rock; and he said to the priests of the people and to the elders standing by: "The Lord has gone away from Sinai into the heavens, and will come again in holy power.

7And this shall be the sign of his coming, when all the nations shall worship a piece of wood."

8And he said to them that no one of the priests or prophets should ever again unroll this ark, except Moses, the chosen of God; and the tablets in it no one shall unfold, except Aaron.

9"And at the resurrection the ark shall be the first to arise, and shall come forth from the rock, and shall be set upon Mount Sinai; and all the saints shall be gathered to it, there awaiting the Lord, and fleeing the enemy who wishes to destroy him."

10And he sealed the rock with his finger with the name of the Lord; and the impression became like an engraving in iron.

11And a cloud covered the rock, and no one perceives that place, nor is anyone able to read the name until this day and until the consummation of this age.

12And the rock is in the wilderness, where the ark first came to be, between the mountains in which Moses and Aaron lie; and by night a cloud like fire appears in that place after the ancient pattern, because the glory of God shall not cease from his law.