1 “But this is not why God is angry with you. He is angry so that you will convert your family, which has wronged the Lord and you, its parents. Because you love your children, you did not correct your family, but let it become terribly corrupt. Therefore, the Lord is angry with you. But He will heal all your past sins, which have been committed in your family; for because of their sins and iniquities you have been corrupted by the affairs of this world. 2 But the great mercy of the Lord had pity on you and your family, and will strengthen you, and establish you in His glory. Only do not be careless, but take courage, and strengthen your family. For as the blacksmith, by hammering his work, masters the task he wants, so also righteous speech, repeated daily, overcomes all evil. So do not stop correcting your children; for I know that if they repent with all their heart, they will be written in the books of life with the saints.” 3 When she had finished these words, she said to me, “Will you listen to me as I read?” I said, “Yes, lady.” She said to me, “Pay attention, and hear the glories of God.” I listened attentively and in amazement to things I was unable to remember, for all the words were terrifying, more than anyone can bear. But I remembered the final words, for they were helpful to us and gentle. 4 “See, the God of Hosts, who by His invisible and mighty power and by His great wisdom created the world, and by His glorious plan clothed His creation with beauty, and by His strong word fixed the heaven, and founded the earth upon the waters,⁠a and by His own wisdom and providence formed His holy Church, which He also blessed—see, He is removing the heavens and the mountains and the hills and the seas, and all things are made level for His chosen, so that He may fulfill to them the promise that He promised with great glory and rejoicing, if they keep the ordinances of God that they received with great faith.”