n white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:41
The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled:
beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been
called from the beginning, may be hallowed.

2 Esdr 2:42
I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could
not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.

2 Esdr 2:43
And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature,
taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he
set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.

2 Esdr 2:44
So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?

2 Esdr 2:45
He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off
the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed
the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.

2 Esdr 2:46
Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth
them, and giveth them palms in their hands?

2 Esdr 2:47
So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they
have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them
that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

2 Esdr 2:48
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people
what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy
God, thou hast seen.

2 Esdr 3:1
In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in Babylon, and
lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:

2 Esdr 3:2
For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that
dwelt at Babylon.

2 Esdr 3:3
And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words
full of fear to the most High, and said,

2 Esdr 3:4
O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when
thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and
commandedst the people,

2 Esdr 3:5
And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship
of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and
he was made living before thee.

2 Esdr 3:6
And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had
planted, before ever the earth came forward.

2 Esdr 3:7
And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way: which
he transgressed, and immediately thou appointedst death in him
and in his generations, of whom came nations, tribes, people,
and kindreds, out of number.

2 Esdr 3:8
And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful
things before