2 Esdras 16:46

46 because those who toil, toil for no reason.

2 Esdras 16:46 In-Context

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,

46 because those who toil, toil for no reason.

47 Foreigners will gather their fruits, plunder their wealth, knock down their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and hunger they will produce their offspring.

48 Those who transact business do so only to be plundered. The longer they adorn their cities and houses, possessions and persons,