27. Be not careful overmuch: for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall be merry and have abundance.
28. The nations shall envy you, but they shall be able to do nothing against you, says the Lord.
29. My hands shall cover you, so that your children see not hell.
30. Be joyful, O you mother, with your children; for I will deliver you, says the Lord.
31. Remember your children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the secret places of the earth, and show mercy to them: for I am merciful, says the Lord Almighty.
32. Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.
33. I Esdras received a charge from the Lord upon the mount Horeb, that I should go to Israel; but when I came to them, they would none of me, and rejected the commandment of the Lord.
34. And therefore I say to you, O you⌃ nations, that hear and understand, look for your shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is near at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.
35. Be ready to the rewards of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.
36. Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I call to witness my savior openly.
37. O receive that which is given you of the Lord, and be joyful, giving thanks to him that has called you to heavenly kingdoms.
38. Arise up and stand, and behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;
39. they that withdrew them from the shadow of the world have received glorious garments of the Lord.
40. Look upon your number, O Sion, and make up the reckoning of those of your that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
41. The number of your children, whom you long for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that your people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
42. I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great multitude, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
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; whereat I marveled greatly.
44. So I asked the angel, and said, What are these, my Lord?
45. He answered and said to 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.
46. Then said I to the angel, What young man is he that sets crowns upon them, and gives them palms in their hands?