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"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.
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Do not fear, mother of sons, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
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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,
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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.
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Guard the rights of the widow, secure justice for the fatherless, give to the needy, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
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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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Protect the old and the young within your walls;
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When you find any who are dead, commit them to the grave and mark it, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.
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Pause and be quiet, my people, because your rest will come.
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Good nurse, nourish your sons, and strengthen their feet.
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Not one of the servants whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number.
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Do not be anxious, for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance.
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The nations shall envy you but they shall not be able to do anything against you, says the Lord.
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My hands will cover you, that your sons may not see Gehenna.
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Rejoice, O mother, with your sons, because I will deliver you, says the Lord.
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Remember your sons that sleep, because I will bring them out of the hiding places of the earth, and will show mercy to them; for I am merciful, says the Lord Almighty.
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Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them; because my springs run over, and my grace will not fail."
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I, Ezra, received a command from the Lord on Mount Horeb to go to Israel. When I came to them they rejected me and refused the Lord's commandment.
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Therefore I say to you, O nations that hear and understand, "Await your shepherd; he will give you everlasting rest, because he who will come at the end of the age is close at hand.
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Be ready for the rewards of the kingdom, because the eternal light will shine upon you for evermore.