the north, and another part from the west.
2 Esdr 15:39 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.
2 Esdr 15:40 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,
2 Esdr 15:41 Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters.
2 Esdr 15:42 And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn.
2 Esdr 15:43 And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid.
2 Esdr 15:44 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.
2 Esdr 15:45 And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear.
2 Esdr 15:46 And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:
2 Esdr 15:47 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.
2 Esdr 15:48 Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,
2 Esdr 15:49 I will send plagues upon thee; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death.
2 Esdr 15:50 And the glory of thy Power shall be dried 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 The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive them away?
2 Esdr 16:9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may quench it?
2 Esdr 16:10 He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear? he shall thunder, and who shall not be afraid?
2 Esdr 16:11 The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not be utterly beaten to powder at his presence?
2 Esdr 16:12 The earth quaketh, and the foundations thereof; the sea ariseth up with waves from the deep, and the waves of it are troubled, and the fishes thereof also, before the Lord, and before the glory of his power:
2 Esdr 16:13 For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
2 Esdr 16:14 Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not return again, until they come upon the earth.
2 Esdr 16:15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out, till it consume the foundation of the earth.
2 Esdr 16:16 Like as an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again.
2 Esdr 16:17 Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?
2 Esdr 16:18 The beginning of sorrows and great mournings; the beginning of famine and great death; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! what shall I do when these evils shall come?
2 Esdr 16:19 Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish, are sent as scourges for amendment.
2 Esdr 16:20 But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
2 Esdr 16:21 Behold, victuals shall be so good cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion.
2 Esdr 16:22 For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine; and the other, that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy.
2 Esdr 16:23 And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.
2 Esdr 16:24 There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it
2 Esdr 16:25 The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?
2 Esdr 16:26 The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? for all places shall be desolate of men:
2 Esdr 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.
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