2 Esdras 2:6-21
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6 That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.
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7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be put out of the earth: for they have despised my covenant.
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8 Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;
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9 Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the Almighty Lord.
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10 Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel.
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11 Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them.
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12 They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary.
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13 Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.
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14 Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.
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15 Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
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16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.
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17 Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
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18 For thy help will I send my servants Esau and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,
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19 And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.
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20 Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
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21 Heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come into the sight of my clearness.