11. I will take Israel’s glory for them and give to them the eternal dwelling places I had prepared for Israel.
12. The tree of life will provide them with fragrant ointment, and they won’t labor or grow tired.
13. Ask and you will receive; ask for yourselves just a few days so that your days may be shortened. Already my kingdom is prepared to come, so be watchful in spirit.
14. I call heaven and earth as witnesses: I have dismissed evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.
15. Good mother, embrace your children. Give them joy, like a dove that brings up its children. Make their feet steady, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
16. I will raise the dead from their places and from their tombs, for I have recognized that my name is in them.
17. Don’t fear, mother of the children: I have chosen you, says the Lord.
18. I will send my servants Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Daniel to help you. It was on their advice that I have made you holy. I will prepare twelve trees with various kinds of fruit for you,
19. and seven springs full of milk and honey, and huge mountains bearing roses and lilies, which I have prepared for you and your children. I will fill your children with joy.
20. Defend the widow’s rights. Judge in favor of the fatherless. Provide for those who are in need. Protect the orphan. Clothe the naked.
21. Care for the broken and the weak. Don’t mock the lame, but protect them instead. Help the blind to see a vision of my glory.
22. Gather the old and the young within your walls. Watch over your infants. Let your servants and employees rejoice, and your whole community will have good morale.
23. When I find your dead, I will raise them. I will watch for signs, and I will give them the front seat at the resurrection I will bring about.
24. Wait a little; your rest will come.
25. Good nurse, nourish your children. Strengthen those whom you bore and make their feet steady,