r 16:27
So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his
voice.

2 Esdr 16:28
For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field,
which shall hide themselves in the thick groves, and in the
clefts of the rocks.

2 Esdr 16:29
As in an orchard of Olives upon every tree there are left
three or four olives;

2 Esdr 16:30
Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some
clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard:

2 Esdr 16:31
Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by
them that search their houses with the sword.

2 Esdr 16:32
And the earth shall be laid waste, and the fields thereof
shall wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of
thorns, because no man shall travel therethrough.

2 Esdr 16:33
The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women
shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn,
having no helpers.

2 Esdr 16:34
In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their
husbands shall perish of famine.

2 Esdr 16:35
Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the
Lord.

2 Esdr 16:36
Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the
gods of whom the Lord spake.

2 Esdr 16:37
Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack.

2 Esdr 16:38
As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth
her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains
compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they
slack not a moment:

2 Esdr 16:39
Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the
earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it
on every side.

2 Esdr 16:40
O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and
in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.

2 Esdr 16:41
He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he
that buyeth, as one that will lose:

2 Esdr 16:42
He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by
it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:

2 Esdr 16:43
He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that
planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:

2 Esdr 16:44
They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they
that marry not, as the widowers.

2 Esdr 16:45
And therefore they that labour labour in vain:

2 Esdr 16:46
For strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods,
overthrow their houses, and ta