2 Esdras 16:18

18 The beginning of groaning and an abundance of sighing! The beginning of famine, and many will perish; the beginning of wars, and powerful ones will be afraid; the beginning of disasters, and all will be terrified.

2 Esdras 16:18 In-Context

16 As an arrow that is shot by a powerful archer doesn't turn back, so the disasters that will be unleashed upon the earth won't turn back.

17 I am doomed! I am doomed! Who will save me when those days arrive?

18 The beginning of groaning and an abundance of sighing! The beginning of famine, and many will perish; the beginning of wars, and powerful ones will be afraid; the beginning of disasters, and all will be terrified.

19 What will they do when the disasters come?

20 Look! A plague of famine has been sent out, and the distress it inflicts is like a whip, a punishment for discipline.