24. Wait a little; your rest will come.
25. Good nurse, nourish your children. Strengthen those whom you bore and make their feet steady,
26. because none of those whom I have given you will perish. I will require them from your number.
27. Give it your all! Strengthen them! Days of pressure and anguish will come; others will weep and be sad, but you will be happy and have plenty.
28. All the nations will be jealous of you, but they won’t be able to do anything against you, says the Lord.
29. All things tremble before me; my eyes see the pit of hell.
30. Rejoice, mother, with your children, and I will rescue you, says the Lord.
31. I will remember your children who sleep, because I will seek them out from the breadth of the earth. Strengthen them in the abundance of your glory and show mercy, because I am merciful, says the Lord.
32. Embrace those born from you until I come, and show mercy to the others, because my springs will overflow and my favor won’t fail.
33. I, Ezra, received a command from the Lord on Mount Horeb for Israel, but they rejected this commandment.
34. I say to you who hear and understand: Wait for your shepherd. I will give you your eternal rest, because the end of the age and the decline of humankind are near.
35. Be prepared for the kingdom’s rewards, for everlasting light will shine on you, and eternity is prepared for you.
36. Run away from this world’s shadow that holds your glory captive. I testify that my savior has been commissioned by the Lord.