2 Esdras 16:16-26

16 The disasters are on their way toward the earth, and like an arrow shot by a strong archer, they cannot be turned back.
17 I'm doomed! I'm doomed! Who will rescue me in those days?
18 Troubles will come, and many people will groan. Famine will come, and many will die. Wars will come, and the world powers will tremble. Disasters will come, and everyone will be terrified. What will people do when these disasters come?
19 Famine, epidemics, troubles, and suffering are sent to punish and correct people.
20 But in spite of all this, they will not turn away from their sins; they soon forget their punishment.
21 The time is coming when food will be so cheap that people will think a time of peace and plenty has arrived. But then disasters will spring up everywhere - wars, famine, and great confusion.
22 Many people on earth will starve to death, and those who escape starvation will be killed in war.
23 Their corpses will be thrown out like garbage, and there will be no one left to comfort the living. The earth will be deserted and its cities demolished.
24 There will be no one left to plow the land or plant it.
25 Trees will bear their fruit, but there will be no one left to pick it.
26 Grapes will ripen, but there will be no one left to make wine. There will be desolation everywhere,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.