2 Esdras 14:24-36

1. 24 But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;

2. 25 And come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.

3. 26 And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise: to morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.

4. 27 Then went I forth, as he commanded, and gathered all the people together, and said,

5. 28 Hear these words, O Israel.

6. 29 Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:

7. 30 And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.

8. 31 Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.

9. 32 And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.

10. 33 And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.

11. 34 Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.

12. 35 For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.

13. 36 Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.

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