2 Esdras 6:26-28

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²⁶ And they shall see those who were taken up, who from their birth have not tasted death, and the heart of the earth’s^[a] inhabitants shall be changed and converted to a different spirit.^{(A) 27} For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched; ²⁸ faithfulness shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which has been so long without fruit, shall be revealed.”^(B)