2 Esdras 16:40-49

1. 40 O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.

2. 41 He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:

3. 42 He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:

4. 43 He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:

5. 44 They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers.

6. 45 And therefore they that labour labour in vain:

7. 46 For strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captives, for in captivity and famine shall they get children.

8. 47 And they that occupy their merchandise with robbery, the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons:

9. 48 The more will I be angry with them for their sin, saith the Lord.

10. 49 Like as a whore envieth a right honest and virtuous woman:

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