2 Esdras 16:23

23 And the dead shall be cast 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.

2 Esdras 16:23 In-Context

21 Behold, provision will be so cheap upon earth that men will imagine that peace is assured for them, and then the 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 cast 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.
25 The trees shall bear fruit, and who will gather it?
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