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2 Esdras 15:38-54

  1. And then shall there come great storms from the south, and from the north, and another part from the west.

  2. And strong winds shall arise from the east, and shall open it; and the cloud which he raised up in wrath, and the star stirred to cause fear toward the east and west wind, shall be destroyed.

  3. The great and mighty clouds shall be puffed up full of wrath, and the star, that they may make all the earth afraid, and them that dwell therein; and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place an horrible star,

  4. Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters.

  5. And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn.

  6. And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid.

  7. They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her: then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven, and all they that be about her shall bewail her.

  8. And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear.

  9. And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:

  10. Woe be unto thee, thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself like unto her; and hast decked thy daughters in whoredom, that they might please and glory in thy lovers, which have always desired to commit whoredom with thee.

  11. Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,

  12. I will send plagues upon thee; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death.

  13. And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over thee.

  14. Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive thee.

  15. Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the Lord,

  16. If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of thine hands, and saying over their dead, when thou wast drunken,

  17. Set forth the beauty of thy countenance?