2Esdr 2:1 

Thus saith the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, 

and I gave them my commandments by menservants the prophets; 

whom they would not hear, but despised my counsels. 

2Esdr 2:2 

The mother that bare them saith unto them, Go your way, ye 

children; for I am a widow and forsaken. 

2Esdr 2:3 

I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness 

have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, 

and done that thing that is evil before him. 

2Esdr 2:4 

But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken: 

go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:5 

As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the 

mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant, 

2Esdr 2:6 

That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a 

spoil, that there may be no offspring of them. 

2Esdr 2:7 

Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their 

names be put out of the earth: for they have despised my 

covenant. 

2Esdr 2:8 

Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in 

thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and 

Gomorrha; 

2Esdr 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. 

2Esdr 2:10 

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. 

2Esdr 2:11 

Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the 

everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them. 

2Esdr 2:12 

They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet 

savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary. 

2Esdr 2:13 

Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that 

they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: 

watch. 

2Esdr 2:14 

Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil 

in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:15 

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. 

2Esdr 2:16 

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. 

2Esdr 2:17 

Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen 

thee, saith the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:18 

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, 

2Esdr 2:19 

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. 

2Esdr 2:20 

Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the 

poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked, 

2Esdr 2:21 

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. 

2Esdr 2:22 

Keep the old and young within thy walls. 

2Esdr 2:23 

Wheresoever thou findest the dead, take them and bury them, 

and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection. 

2Esdr 2:24 

Abide still, O my people, and take thy rest, for thy 

quietness still come. 

2Esdr 2:25 

Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse; stablish their feet. 

2Esdr 2:26 

As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not 

one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy 

number. 

2Esdr 2:27 

Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness 

cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be 

merry and have abundance. 

2Esdr 2:28 

The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do 

nothing against thee, saith the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:29 

My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see 

hell. 

2Esdr 2:30 

Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will 

deliver thee, saith the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:31 

Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out 

of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am 

merciful, saith the Lord Almighty. 

2Esdr 2:32 

Embrace thy children until I come and shew mercy unto them: 

for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail. 

2Esdr 2:33 

I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, 

that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they 

set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:34 

And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and 

understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you 

everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the 

end of the world. 

2Esdr 2:35 

Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting 

light shall shine upon you for evermore. 

2Esdr 2:36 

Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your 

glory: I testify my Saviour openly. 

2Esdr 2:37 

O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving 

thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom. 

2Esdr 2:38 

Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed 

in the feast of the Lord; 

2Esdr 2:39 

Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have 

received glorious garments of the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:40 

Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are 

clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:41 

The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is 

fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which 

have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed. 

2Esdr 2:42 

I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could 

not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 

2Esdr 2:43 

And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high 

stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their 

heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at 

greatly. 

2Esdr 2:44 

So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these? 

2Esdr 2:45 

He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off 

the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed 

the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms. 

2Esdr 2:46 

Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that 

crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands? 

2Esdr 2:47 

So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom 

they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to 

commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord. 

2Esdr 2:48 

Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people 

what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy 

God, thou hast seen.