2 Esdras 2:13

13 Ask and you will receive; ask for yourselves just a few days so that your days may be shortened. Already my kingdom is prepared to come, so be watchful in spirit.

2 Esdras 2:13 In-Context

11 I will take Israel's glory for them and give to them the eternal dwelling places I had prepared for Israel.

12 The tree of life will provide them with fragrant ointment, and they won't labor or grow tired.

13 Ask and you will receive; ask for yourselves just a few days so that your days may be shortened. Already my kingdom is prepared to come, so be watchful in spirit.

14 I call heaven and earth as witnesses: I have dismissed evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.

15 Good mother, embrace your children. Give them joy, like a dove that brings up its children. Make their feet steady, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.