2 Esdras 16:43

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;

2 Esdras 16:43 In-Context

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;

45 those who get married as people who will have no children; and those who don't marry as though they were widowed,