2 Esdras 16:42

42 Let the person who sells be like a person who is about to run away, and let the person who buys be like a person who is about to lose.

2 Esdras 16:42 In-Context

40 In the same way, these disasters won't delay to come forth on the earth, but the world will groan and pangs will envelop it.

41 Hear the word, my people. Prepare yourselves for battle, and in the midst of disasters be like strangers on earth.

42 Let the person who sells be like a person who is about to run away, and let the person who buys be like a person who is about to lose.

43 Let one who does business be as one who makes no profit; one who builds as one who won't get to live in the building;

44 one who sows as one who will not reap; one who prunes as one who will not harvest;