ried up as a flower, the
heat shall arise that is sent over thee.

2 Esdr 15:51
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.

2 Esdr 15:52
Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith
the Lord,

2 Esdr 15:53
If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke
of thine hands, and saying over their dead, when thou wast
drunken,

2 Esdr 15:54
Set forth the beauty of thy countenance?

2 Esdr 15:55
The reward of thy whoredom shall be in thy bosom, therefore
shalt thou receive recompence.

2 Esdr 15:56
Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even
so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief

2 Esdr 15:57
Thy children shall die of hunger, and thou shalt fall through
the sword: thy cities shall be broken down, and all thine shall
perish with the sword in the field.

2 Esdr 15:58
They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and eat
their own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of
bread, and thirst of water.

2 Esdr 15:59
Thou as unhappy shalt come through the sea, and receive
plagues again.

2 Esdr 15:60
And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and
shall destroy some portion of thy land, and consume part of thy
glory, and shall return to Babylon that was destroyed.

2 Esdr 15:61
And thou shalt be cast down by them as stubble, and they
shall be unto thee as fire;

2 Esdr 15:62
And shall consume thee, and thy cities, thy land, and thy
mountains; all thy woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn
up with fire.

2 Esdr 15:63
Thy children shall they carry away captive, and, look, what
thou hast, they shall spoil it, and mar the beauty of thy face.

2 Esdr 16:1
Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt
and Syria!

2 Esdr 16:2
Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your
children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.

2 Esdr 16:3
A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back?

2 Esdr 16:4
A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it?

2 Esdr 16:5
Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them
away?

2 Esdr 16:6
May any man drive away an hungry lion in the wood? or may any
one quench the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to burn?

2 Esdr 16:7
May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?

2 Esdr 16:8
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