34 Your children will have no descendants because they rejected my commandments and did what I hated, just as you did.
35 I will give your home to a people that is about to appear. They will believe me, even though they have not yet heard of me. They will do what I command, even though I never performed any miracles for them.
36 They have not seen the prophets, but they will live by their ancient teachings.
37 I give my solemn promise that I will bless those people, and their little children will laugh and shout for joy. Those people have never seen me, but deep within them they will believe my words.
38 “Now, Father Ezra, look with pride at the people you see coming from the east.
39 Look at the leaders I have given them: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah,
40 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi (who is also called the Lord's messenger).