2 Esdras 2:11-21

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.
16 And I will raise up the dead from their places, and will bring them out from their tombs, because I recognize my name in them.
17 Do not fear, mother of sons, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
18 I will send you help, my servants Isaiah and Jeremiah. According to their counsel I have consecrated and prepared for you twelve trees loaded with various fruits,
19 and the same number of springs flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains on which roses and lilies grow; by these I will fill your children with joy.
20 Guard the rights of the widow, secure justice for the fatherless, give to the needy, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
21 care for the injured and the weak, do not ridicule a lame man, protect the maimed, and let the blind man have a vision of my splendor.
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