1Q27 combined with 4Q300, fr. 3 and 4Q299, fr. 1
1 …all so that they might know the difference between good and evil… the mysteries of sin… all their wisdom.
They know not the mystery to come, nor do they understand the things of the past. They know not that which shall befall them, nor do they save their soul from the mystery to come.
And this shall be the sign for you that these things shall come to pass.
When the breed of iniquity is shut up, wickedness shall then be banished by righteousness as darkness is banished by the light. As smoke clears and is no more, so shall wickedness perish for ever and righteousness be revealed like a sun governing the world. All who cleave to the mysteries of sin shall be no more; knowledge shall fill the world and folly shall exist no longer.
This word shall surely come to pass; this prophecy is true. And by this may it be known to you that it shall not be taken back.
Do not all the peoples loathe iniquity? And yet it is spread by them all. Does not the fame of truth issue from the mouth of all the nations? Yet is there a lip or tongue which holds it? Which nation likes to be oppressed by another stronger than itself, or likes it's wealth to be wickedly seized? And yet which nation has not oppressed another, and where is there a people which has not seized another's wealth?….