2 Esdras 16:1-7

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?

7 May one turn back the arrow that is shot by a strong archer?