2 Esdras 2:8-14

1. 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;

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 11 Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them.

5. 12 They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary.

6. 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.

7. 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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