2 Esdras 2:16

16 I will raise your dead from their graves because I recognize them as my people.

2 Esdras 2:16 In-Context

14 Call heaven and earth to witness that I, the living God, have abolished evil and created good.

15 "Mother Jerusalem, take your children in your arms. Guide their steps in safe paths; raise them with the same delight that a dove has in raising her young. I, the Lord, have chosen you.

16 I will raise your dead from their graves because I recognize them as my people.

17 Jerusalem, mother of these people, do not be afraid; I, the Lord, have chosen you.

18 "I will send my servants Isaiah and Jeremiah to help you. At their request I have consecrated and prepared for you twelve trees, heavy with different kinds of fruit,