2 Esdras 16:1-6

1 Woe be unto thee, Babylon and Asia! Woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
2 Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair; bewail your children and be sorry, for your destruction is at hand.
3 A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back?
4 A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it?
5 Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them away?
6 May any man drive away a hungry lion in the wood? Or may anyone quench the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to burn?
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