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2 Esdras
2 Esdras 16
2 Esdras 16:1-6
2 Esdras 16
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1
Woe to you, Babylon and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!
2
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and haircloth, and wail for your children, and lament for them; for your destruction is at hand.
3
The sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back?
4
A fire has been sent upon you, and who is there to quench it?
5
Calamities have been sent upon you, and who is there to drive them away?
6
Can one drive off a hungry lion in the forest, or quench a fire in the stubble, when once it has begun to burn?
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.