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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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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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.