Common English Bible

2 Esdras 15:3-11 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. Don’t be afraid of conspiracies against you, and don’t be confused by what unbelievers say,

4. because every unbeliever will die in his unbelief.

5. Look, I am bringing disasters over the whole earth—the sword, hunger, death, and destruction, says the Lord,

6. because wickedness has covered the whole earth, and their deeds are complete.

7. Therefore, says the Lord,

8. I will no longer be silent about their wicked deeds, which they do in their godlessness, nor will I tolerate any longer the things they do wickedly. Look, innocent and righteous blood calls out to me, and the souls of the just cry out constantly.

9. I will surely avenge them, says the Lord, and I will receive all their innocent blood to myself.

10. Look, my people are led like sheep to slaughter. I will no longer permit them to live in the land of Egypt,

11. but I will bring them out with a great display of my power, and I will strike Egypt with plagues as before, and I will destroy all its land.