2 Esdras 16:74-76

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Promise of Divine Deliverance

⁷⁴ Listen, my elect ones, says the Lord; the days of tribulation are at hand, but I will deliver you from them. ⁷⁵ Do not fear or doubt, for God^[a] is your guide. ⁷⁶ You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, must not let your sins weigh you down, or your iniquities prevail over you.