2 Esdras 2:30
King James VersionSource notes
“Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.”
Context
27Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance.
28The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
29My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.
30Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.
31Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty.
32Embrace thy children until I come and shew mercy unto them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.
33I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord.