2 Esdras 2:26-28

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁶ Not one of the servants^[a] whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number. 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.