2 Esdras 16:40
King James VersionSource notes
“O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.”
Context
37Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack.
38As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment:
39Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side.
40O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.
41He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:
42He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:
43He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes: