15 “Mother, embrace your children. I will bring them out with gladness like a dove does. Establish their feet, for I have chosen you, says the Lord. (WEB) 16 I will raise those who are dead up again from their places, and bring them out from their tombs, for I recognize my name in them. (WEB) 17 Don’t be afraid, you mother of children, for I have chosen you, says the Lord. (WEB) 18 For your help, I will send my servants Esaias and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for you twelve trees laden with various fruits, (WEB) 19 and as many springs flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, on which roses and lilies grow, with which I will fill your children with joy. (WEB) 20 Do right to the widow. Secure justice for the fatherless. Give to the poor. Defend the orphan. Clothe the naked. (WEB) 21 Heal the broken and the weak. Don’t laugh a lame man to scorn. Defend the maimed. Let the blind man have a vision of my glory. (WEB) 22 Protect the old and young within your walls. (WEB) 23 Wherever you find the dead, set a sign upon them and commit them to the grave, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection. (WEB) 24 Stay still, my people, and take your rest, for your rest will come. (WEB) 25 Nourish your children, good nurse, and establish their feet. (WEB) 26 As for the servants whom I have given you, not one of them will perish, for I will require them from among your number. (WEB)
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