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,
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.