2 Esdras 1:38

38 "And now, father, ^[a] look with pride and see the people coming from the east;

2 Esdras 1:38 In-Context

36 They have seen no prophets, yet will recall their former state.

37 I call to witness the gratitude of the people that is to come, whose children rejoice with gladness; though they do not see me with bodily eyes, yet with the spirit they will believe the things I have said.

38 "And now, father, look with pride and see the people coming from the east;

39 to them I will give as leaders Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Hosea and Amos and Micah and Joel and Obadiah and Jonah

40 and Nahum and Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, who is also called the messenger of the Lord.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [brother]