2 Esdr 2:5 As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant,

2 Esdr 2:6 That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.

2 Esdr 2:7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be put out of the earth: for they have despised my covenant.

2 Esdr 2:8 Woe be unto thee, a.s.sur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;

2 Esdr 2:9 Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the Almighty Lord.

2 Esdr 2:10 Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel.

2 Esdr 2:11 Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them.

2 Esdr 2:12 They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary.

2 Esdr 2:13 Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.

2 Esdr 2:14 Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:15 Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.

2 Esdr 2:17 Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:18 For thy help will I send my servants Esau and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,

2 Esdr 2:19 And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.

2 Esdr 2:20 Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,

2 Esdr 2:21 Heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come into the sight of my clearness.

2 Esdr 2:22 Keep the old and young within thy walls.

2 Esdr 2:23 Wheresoever thou findest the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection.

2 Esdr 2:24 Abide still, O my people, and take thy rest, for thy quietness still come.

2 Esdr 2:25 Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse; stablish their feet.

2 Esdr 2:26 As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number.

2 Esdr 2:27 Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance.

2 Esdr 2:28 The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:29 My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see h.e.l.l.

2 Esdr 2:30 Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:31 Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Esdr 2:32 Embrace thy children until I come and shew mercy unto them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.

2 Esdr 2:33 I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:34 And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.

2 Esdr 2:35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.

2 Esdr 2:36 Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.

2 Esdr 2:37 O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom.

2 Esdr 2:38 Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;

2 Esdr 2:39 Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:40 Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:41 The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.

2 Esdr 2:42 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.

2 Esdr 2:43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.

2 Esdr 2:44 So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?

2 Esdr 2:45 He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of G.o.d: now are they crowned, and receive palms.

2 Esdr 2:46 Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?

2 Esdr 2:47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of G.o.d, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:48 Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy G.o.d, thou hast seen.

2 Esdr 3:1 In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:

2 Esdr 3:2 For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.

2 Esdr 3:3 And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High, and said,

2 Esdr 3:4 O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and commandedst the people,

2 Esdr 3:5 And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.

2 Esdr 3:6 And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward.