2 Esdras 16:45

45 Anything that is done will be useless.

2 Esdras 16:45 In-Context

43 Farmers should not expect to harvest their crops or pick their grapes.

44 Those who marry must not expect to have children, and those who don't marry must live as if they had been widowed.

45 Anything that is done will be useless.

46 Foreigners will harvest the crops, seize the wealth, tear down the houses, and carry off the children as slaves. Anyone who has children will be bringing them up to be slaves or to die of starvation.

47 Anyone who makes money will do so only to see it violently taken away. The more possessions people gather, the more they spend on their cities and houses, the more attention they give to their personal appearance,