2 Esdras 16:23

23 They will lack life's necessities, and the sword will scatter those who survive the famine.

2 Esdras 16:23 In-Context

21 But in the midst of all these, they won't turn from their sins and won't keep the plagues in mind.

22 Look! In a short time provisions will be so cheap on earth that people will think that peace has been established for them, but then disasters will blossom all over the earth—the sword and famine.

23 They will lack life's necessities, and the sword will scatter those who survive the famine.

24 The dead will be tossed out like dung, and there will be no one to console them, for the earth will be left abandoned, and its cities will be cast down.

25 No farmer will be left to till the ground or to sow seed upon it.