2 Esdras 16:22

22 For many of those who live on the earth shall perish by famine; and those who survive the famine shall die by the sword.

2 Esdras 16:22 In-Context

20 Yet for all this they will not turn from their iniquities, or ever be mindful of the scourges.
21 Indeed, provisions will be so cheap upon earth that people will imagine that peace is assured for them, and then calamities shall spring up on the earth—the sword, famine, and great confusion.
22 For many of those who live on the earth shall perish by famine; and those who survive the famine shall die by the sword.
23 And the dead shall be thrown out like dung, and there shall be no one to console them; for the earth shall be left desolate, and its cities shall be demolished.
24 No one shall be left to cultivate the earth or to sow it.
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