² The mother who bore them says to them, ‘Go, my children, because I am a widow and forsaken.^(A)

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)

¹⁷ Do not fear, mother of children, for I have chosen you, says the Lord.