2 Esdras 2:13

13 Ask and you will receive; pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The kingdom is already prepared for you; watch!

2 Esdras 2:13 In-Context

11 Moreover, I will take back to myself their glory, and will give to these others the everlasting habitations, which I had prepared for Israel.
12 The tree of life shall give them fragrant perfume, and they shall neither toil nor become weary.
13 Ask and you will receive; pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The kingdom is already prepared for you; watch!
14 Call, O call heaven and earth to witness, for I left out evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.
15 "Mother, embrace your sons; bring them up with gladness, as does the dove; establish their feet, because I have chosen you, says the Lord.
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