2 Esdras 16:75-77

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Promise of Divine Deliverance

⁷⁵ Listen, my elect ones, says the Lord; the days of tribulation are at hand, but I will deliver you from them.^{(A) 76} Do not fear or doubt, for God^[a] is your guide.^{(B) 77} 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.^(C)