3 The people is reproved for their unfaithfulness. 30 God will have another people, if these will not be reformed.
THE second book of the Prophet Esdras, the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helcias, the son of Sadanias, the son of Sadoc, the son of Achitob,
The son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son of Amerias, the son of Asie, the son of Marimoth, the son of Arua, the son of Ozias, the son of Borith, the son of Abisei, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar,
The son of Aaron (of the tribe of Levi) which Esdras was prisoner in the land of Medes, in the reign of Artaxerxes King of Persia.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Go, and show my people their sins, and their children their wickedness, which they have committed against me, that they may tell their children’s children.
For the sin of their fathers are increased in them, because they have forgotten me, and have offered unto strange gods.
Have not I brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? but they have provoked me unto wrath, and despised my counsels.
Pull thou off then the hair of thine head, and cast all evil upon them: for they have not been obedient unto my Law, but they are a rebellious people.
How long shall I forbear them, unto whom I have smitten down.
All the nations have I destroyed before them: I have destroyed the East, the people of the two countries Tyrus and Sidon, and have slain all their enemies.
Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
I have led you through the Sea, and have given you a sure way, since the beginning: I gave you Moses for a guide, and Aaron for a Priest.
I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you: yet have you forgotten me, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The quails were a token unto you: I gave you tents for safeguard, wherein ye murmured:
And ye triumphed not in my Name for the destruction of your enemies, but ye yet murmur still.
Where are the benefits, that I have done for you? when ye were hungry in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me?
Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? It had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, then to die in this wilderness.
I had pity upon your mournings, and gave you Manna to eat: so ye did eat Angels food.
When ye were thirsty, did not I cleave the stone, and waters did flow out to satisfy you? from the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees,
And I gave you fat countries: I cast out the Canaanites, the Pheresites, and Philistims before you: what shall I do more for you, saith the Lord?
Thus saith the almighty Lord, When ye were in the wilderness at the bitter waters, being a thirst, and blaspheming my Name,
I gave you not fire for the blasphemies, but cast a tree into the water, and made the river sweet.
What shall I do unto thee, o Jacob thou Juda would not obey: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my Name, that they may keep my laws.
Seeing ye have forsaken me, I will also forsake you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit murder,
Although ye have not forsaken me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the almighty Lord, Have I not prayed you, as a father his sons, and as a mother her daughters, and as a nurse her young babes,
That ye would be my people, as I am your God, and that ye would be my children, as I am your father?
I gathered you together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings: but now what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from my sight. [Ezekiel 11:22-23; Matthew 23:38, 24:2-4]*
When you bring gifts unto me, I will turn my face from you for your solemn feast days: your new moons, and your circumcisions have I forsaken.
I sent unto you my servants the Prophets, whom ye have taken and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will avenge, saith the Lord.
Thus saith the almighty Lord, Your house shall be desolate: I will cast you out as the wind does the stubble. [AD 70]*
Your children shall not have generation: for they have despised my commandment, and done that thing I hate before me.
Your houses will I give unto a people to come, who shall believe me though they hear me not, and they, unto whom I never shewed miracle, shall do the things that I command them.
Though they see no Prophet, yet shall they hate their iniquities.
I will declare the grace that I will do for the people to come, whose children rejoice in gladness, and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in heart they believe the things that I say.
Now therefore brother, behold what great glory, and see the people that come from the East.
Unto whom I will give for leaders Abraham, Isahac, Iacob, Oseas, Amos, Micheas, Ioel, Abdias, Ionas,
Naum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, and Malachias (which is called also the messengers of the Lord)
2 Esdras 2
The Synagogue finds fault with her own children. 12 The Gentiles are called.
THUS saith the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage: I gave them also my commandments by my servants the Prophets, whom they would not hear, but despised my counsels.
The mother that bare them, saith unto them, Go your say, o children: for I am a widow and forsaken.
I brought you up with gladness, but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: for ye have sinned against the Lord your God, and done the thing that displeases him.
But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken: go ye, o my children, and ask mercy of the Lord.
And thee, o father, I call for a witness for the mother to a spoil, that their kindred be not continued.
Let their names be scattered among the heathen: let them be put out of the earth, for they have despised my covenant.
Woe unto thee, Assur: for thou hidest the unrighteous in thee: o wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha,
Whose land is mixed with clouds of pitch and heaps of ashes: so will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the almighty Lord.
Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people, that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel.
And I will get me glory by them, and give them the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for those.
They shall have at will the tree of life, smelling of ointment: they shall neither labor nor be weary.
Go ye, and ye shall receive it: pray that the time, which is long, may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.
Take heaven and earth to witness: for I have abolished the evil, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.
Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness: make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord,
And those that be dead, will I raise up from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my Name in Israel.
Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
I will send thee my servants Esaie and Ieremie to help thee, by whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,
And as many fountains, flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.
Execute justice for the widow: judge the cause of the fatherless: give to the poor: defend the fatherless: clothe the naked.
Heal the wounded, and sick: laugh not a lame man to scorn: defend the cripple, and let the blind come into the light of my clearness.
Keep the old and the young that are within thy walls.
Wheresoever thou find the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection.
Abide still, o my people, and rest: for thy quietness shall come.
Nourish thy children, o thou good nurse: stablish their feet.
None of the servants that I have given thee, shall perish: for I will seek them from among thy number.
Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness comes, other shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance.
The heathen shall envy thee, and shall do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
Mine hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.
Be joyful, o thou mother, with thy children: for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Remember thy children that sleep: for I will bring them out of the sides of the earth, and will show mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord almighty.
Embrace thy children, until I come and show mercy unto them: for my fountains run over, and my grace shall not fail.
I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Horeb, that I should go unto them of Israel, but when I came to them, they cast me off, and despised the commandment of the Lord.
And therefore i say unto you, o ye heathen, that hear and understand, Wait for your shepherd, who shall give you everlasting rest: for he is near at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.
Be ready to the reward of the kingdom: for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.
Flee the shadow of this world: receive the joy of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.
Receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him, that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom.
Arise, and stand up, and behold the number of those that are sealed for the feast of the Lord,
Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.
Take thy number, o Sion, and shut up them that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the Law of the Lord.
The number of thy children whom thou longest for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people which have been called from the beginning, may be sanctified.
I Esdras saw upon mount Sion a great people whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
And in the midst of them there was a young man higher in stature than them all, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was higher than the others, which I much marveled at.
So I asked the Angel, and said, Who are these, my lord?
Who answered, and said unto me, These be they, that have put off the mortal clothing, and have put on the immortal, and have confessed the Name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
Then said I unto the Angel, What young man is it, that sets crowns on them, and gives them the palms in their hands.
And he answered, and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them, that had stood so strongly for the Name of the Lord.
Then the Angels said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people, what, and how great wonders of the Lord God thou hast seen.
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