4th Book Of EZRA - ESDRAS Ch2

YAHWEH's Judgment Upon Yisrael

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:1 Thus says YAHWEH, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them MY commandments through MY men-servants the prophets; but they would not listen to them, but despised MY counsels made it void.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:2 The mother who bore them says to them, Go your way, you children; for I am a widow and forsaken. • Isa 54:1

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:3 I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: because you have sinned before YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY and have done that which is evil before HIM.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:4 But what can I do for you? For I am a widow and forsaken: Go your way my children, and ask mercy of YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:5 I call upon you, father, as a witness over the mother of these children, because they would not keep MY covenant,

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:6 That you bring confusion upon them, and their mother to ruin, that there may be no offspring from them.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:7 Let them be scattered abroad among the nations, let their names be blotted out of the earth: for they have despised MY covenant.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:8 Woe be to you, Assyria, who conceal the unrighteous in your midst! Oh you wicked people, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah; • Gen 19:24

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:9 Whose land lies in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so will I do to them that do not hear ME, says YAHWEH ALMIGHTY.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:10 Thus says YAHWEH to Ezra, Tell MY people that I will give them the kingdom of Yerusalem, which I was going to give to Yisrael.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:11 Moreover, I will take back to MYSELF their splendor, and will give to these others the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for Yisrael. • Lk 16:9

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:12 The Tree of Life shall give them ointment of sweet savor; and they shall neither toil, nor become weary. • Mt 25:34; Rev 2:7; Rev 22:2

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:13 Go and ask and you shall receive: pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The Kingdom is already prepared for you; WATCH!

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:14 Call heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the tov, because I Live, says YAHWEH.

Exhortation To Good Works

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:15 Mother, embrace your children, and bring them up with gladness, as does the dove, establish their feet as fast as a pillar: because I have chosen you, says YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: because I recognize MY NAME in them.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:17 Fear not, you mother of the children: for I have chosen you, says YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:18 I will send you help, MY servants YeshaYah and YeremiYah, and according to their counsel I have consecrated and prepared for you twelve trees laden with many different fruits,

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:19 And twelve fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon grows roses and lilies, by these I will fill your children with joy. • Rev 22:2; Deut 31:20

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:20 Guard and do right to the widow, judge and do justice for the fatherless, give to the poor and needy, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:21 Care for the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, protect and defend the maimed, and let the blind man have a vision of MY splendor.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:22 Protect and keep the old and young within your walls.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:23 Wheresoever you find the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give you the first place in MY resurrection.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:24 Abide and be quiet, Oh MY people, because your rest will come.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:25 Oh you tov nurse, nourish your children, and establish and strengthen their feet.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:26 Not one of the servants whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:27 Be not weary or anxious: for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:28 The nations shall envy you, but they shall not be able to do anything against you, says YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:29 MY hands shall cover you, so that your children may not see hell.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:30 Rejoice and be joyful, Oh you mother, with your children, because I will deliver you, says YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:31 Remember your children that sleep, because I will bring them out of the hiding places of the earth, and show mercy to them: for I am merciful, says YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:32 Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim and show mercy to them: for MY wells run over, and MY free unmerited favor shall not fail.

Rejected By Yisrael, Ezra Turns To The Gentiles

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:33 I, Ezra, received a command from YAHWEH on Mount Horeb, that I should go to Yisrael; but when I came to them, they rejected me and refused the commandment of YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:34 And therefore I say to you, Oh you nations, that hear and understand, look and wait for your Shepherd, He shall give you everlasting rest; for He is close at hand, that shall come at the end of the age.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:35 Be ready for the reward of the Kingdom, because the everlasting Light shall shine upon you forevermore. • Rev 21:23, Rev 22:5; Isa 60:20.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:36 Flee the shadow of death of this age, receive the joy of your splendor and honor: I publicly testify of MY Savior openly.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:37 Receive the gift that YAHWEH has entrusted you and be joyful, giving thanks to HIM that has called and led you to the Heavenly Kingdoms.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:38 Rise up and stand, and behold at the feast of YAHWEH the number of those who have been sealed;

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:39 Those who have departed from the shadow of death of this age, and have received magnificent garments from YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:40 Take again your full number, Oh Zion, and reach a final determination those of your people who are clothed in white, who have fulfilled the Torah of YAHWEH. • Rev 3:4; Rev 6:11; Rev 7:1

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:41 The number of Your children whom You desired is full; beseech YAHWEH's power that your people, who have been called from the beginning, may be made kodesh.

Ezra's Vision Of A Great Multitude

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:42 I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude, whom I could not number, and they all praising YAHWEH with songs. • Rev 7:9

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:43 And in the midst was a young man of great stature, taller than all the rest, and upon everyone of their heads He set crowns, but He was more exalted than they; which I marveled at greatly. • 1Enoch 46:1

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:44 So I asked the malak, and said, Sir, who are these, my master?

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:45 He answered and said to me, These are they who have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and they have confessed the NAME of YAHWEH: now they are being crowned, and receive palms.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:46 Then said I to the malak, Who is that young man who places crowns on them, and puts palms in their hands?

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:47 So he answered and said to me, He is the Son of YAHWEH, whom they have confessed in the world. So I began to praise those who had stood valiantly for the NAME of YAHWEH.

EZRA -4- ESDRAS 2:48 Then the malak said to me, Go, and tell MY people what manner of things, and how great and many wonders of YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY, which you have seen.

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