And after this a cloud full of water passed before me and poured down a heavy and violent rain, and when the rainstorm had passed, drops remained in the cloud: The clause drops remained in the cloud means that drops of rain were still falling; the downpour had been replaced by a drizzle. Good News Bible provides a useful model for this verse. The following model is similar to the one in Contemporary English Version:

• Then I saw a rain cloud pass by, and rain fell from it heavily. But soon the rainstorm turned into a sprinkle of water.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.