2 Esdras 2:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² The tree of life will provide them with fragrant ointment, and they won’t labor or grow tired.

¹³ Ask and you will receive; ask for yourselves just a few days so that your days may be shortened. Already my kingdom is prepared to come, so be watchful in spirit. ¹⁴ I call heaven and earth as witnesses: I have dismissed evil and created good, because I live, says the Lord.