2 Esdras 15:40-48
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40 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,
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41 Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters.
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42 And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn.
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43 And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid.
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44 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.
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45 And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear.
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46 And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:
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47 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.
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48 Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,