9. Their land now lies covered with lumps of tar and heaps of ashes. That is what I do to people who do not obey me.
10. “The Lord says to Ezra: announce to my new people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I had planned to give to Israel.
11. I will take the dazzling light of my presence away from Israel and will give to my new people the eternal Temple that I had prepared for Israel.
12. The tree of life will fill the air round them with its fragrance. They will never have to work; they will never grow tired.