2 Esdras 2:13

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

14 Call, O call heaven and earth to witness: I set aside evil and created good; for I am the Living One, says the Lord.

15 "Mother, embrace your children; bring them up with gladness, as does a dove; strengthen their feet, because I have chosen you, says the Lord.

Footnotes

• [a]. Other ancient authorities read [Seek]