7. Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be blotted out of the earth: for they have despised my covenant.
8. Woe to you, Assur, you that hide the unrighteous with you! O you wicked nation, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah;
9. whose land lies in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do to them that have not hearkened to me, says the Lord Almighty.
10. Thus says the Lord to Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given to Israel.
11. Their glory also will I take to me, and give these the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them.
12. They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savor; they shall neither labor, nor be weary.
13. Ask, and you⌃ shall receive: pray for few days to you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.
14. Take heaven and earth to witness, take them to witness; for I have given up the evil, and created the good: for I live, says the Lord.
15. Mother, embrace your children; I will bring them out with gladness like a dove; establish their feet; for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
16. And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out from their tombs: for I have known my name in them.
17. Fear not, you mother of the children: for I have chosen you, says the Lord.
18. For your help will I send my servants Esaias and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for you twelve trees laden with various fruits,
19. and as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill your children with joy.
20. Do right to the widow, judge the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
21. heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come to the sight of my glory.
22. Keep the old and young within your walls.
23. Wherever you find the dead, set a sign upon them and commit them to the grave, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.
24. Abide still, O my people, and take your rest, for your quietness shall come.
25. Nourish your children, O you good nurse, and establish their feet.
26. As for the servants whom I have given you, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among your number.