2 Esdras 16:48

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

2 Esdras 16:48 In-Context

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,
49 the more I will be enraged against them on account of their sins, says the Lord.
50 Just as a proper and good woman is enraged at a woman who is promiscuous,
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