2 Esdras 16:47

47 And they that trade in their merchandise with robbery, the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions and their own persons,Œ

2 Esdras 16:47 In-Context

45 And therefore they that labor, labor in vain;

46 for strangers shall reap their fruits and despoil their goods, overthrow their houses and take their children captives, for in captivity and famine shall they get children.

47 And they that trade in their merchandise with robbery, the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions and their own persons,Œ

48 the more will I be angry with them for their sin," saith the Lord.

49 As a whore envieth a right honest and virtuous woman,