2 Esdras 16:40

40 "O My people, hear My word: Make you ready for thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.

2 Esdras 16:40 In-Context

38 As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, within two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slacken not a moment,

39 even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth; and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side.

40 "O My people, hear My word: Make you ready for thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.

41 He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away; and he that buyeth, as one that will lose;

42 he that tradeth in merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it; and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein;