2 Esdras 16:40: "O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth."

2 Esdras 16:41: "He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:"

2 Esdras 16:42: "He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:"

2 Esdras 16:43: "He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:"

2 Esdras 16:44: "They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers."

2 Esdras 16:45: "And therefore they that labour labour in vain:"