Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

558 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"from the men who fear Me, and those who keep
"My law, and those who walk in My command-
"ments, and bring them all outside the city, to-
"gether with their wives and children." And again
He spake unto Jeremiah, saying, "Bring out all
"thy kinsfolk, together with their wives and children,
"and make them to mingle with these people;"
and Jeremiah brought out all his kinsfolk and his
people, together with their wives and children, and
he made them to mingle with those people. Then
he stood up and prayed before God Almighty, and
said, "O my Lord, I beseech and entreat thee that
"this people may not see the destruction of Jeru-
"salem." And God Almighty said, "Let them leave
"behind them their clothing and all the garments
The saints "which thcy have on them," and He commanded
"risiand o°f the angels to carry them away; and the angels
the Blessed,
(fescendcd to the people and they carried them, and
took them along, and brought them to a certain
Island in the sea, wherein was the mountain in
which there is neither pain, nor sorrow, nor fatigue,
nor hunger, nor thirst, nor cold, nor fiery heat, nor
theft, nor plunder, nor oppression, nor injustice,
nor cursing, nor lying, nor fornication, nor tumult,
nor enmity, nor hatred, nor pride, nor boasting,
nor vaunting, but there is love and peace between
every man and his fellow. And that Island is
filled with joy, and gladness, and blessing, and
salvation, [p. 358] and peace. And they dwelt in
that Island singing psalms and praises to the Name
of God Almighty, and they placed their confidence