2 Esdras 2:27-29

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁷ Do not be anxious, for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance. ²⁸ The nations shall envy you, but they shall not be able to do anything against you, says the Lord. ²⁹ My power will protect^[a] you, so that your children may not see hell.^[b]