2 Esdras 14:27-41
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27 Then went I forth, as he commanded, and gathered all the people together, and said,
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28 Hear these words, O Israel.
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29 Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
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30 And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.
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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.
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32 And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.
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33 And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.
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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.
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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.
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36 Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.
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37 So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went into the field, and remained there.
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38 And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink.
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39 Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, he reached me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire.
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40 And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit strengthened my memory:
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41 And my mouth was opened, and shut no more.