2 Esdras 2:22-24

Common English Bible

²² Gather the old and the young within your walls. Watch over your infants. Let your servants and employees rejoice, and your whole community will have good morale.

²³ When I find your dead, I will raise them. I will watch for signs, and I will give them the front seat at the resurrection I will bring about.^{[a] 24} Wait a little; your rest will come.