2 Esdras 2:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁴ Call, O call heaven and earth to witness: I set aside evil and created good, for I am the Living One, says the Lord.

Exhortation to Good Works

¹⁵ “Mother, embrace your children; bring them up with gladness, as does a dove; strengthen their feet, because I have chosen you, says the Lord.^{(A) 16} And I will raise up the dead from their places and bring them out from their tombs, because I recognize my name in them.^(B)