2 Esdras 5:12

12 At the same time shall men hope, but obtain nothing; they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.

2 Esdras 5:12 In-Context

10 and shall be sought by many and yet not be found; then shall unrighteousness and incontinence be multiplied upon earth.

11 One land also shall ask another and say, `Has righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee?' And it shall say, `No.'

12 At the same time shall men hope, but obtain nothing; they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.

13 To show thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray again and weep as now and fast seven days, thou shalt hear yet greater things."

14 Then I awoke, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body; and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.