Common English Bible

2 Esdras 15:56-63 Common English Bible (CEB)

56. As you will do to my chosen ones, says the Lord, so God will do to you and will give you over to disasters.

57. Your children will die of hunger, and you will fall by the sword. Your cities will be laid waste, and all your people will fall by the sword in the open field.

58. Those who are in the mountains will perish by hunger. They will be so hungry for bread and so thirsty for water that they will eat their own flesh and drink their own blood.

59. Already made miserable by the earlier disasters, you will come to suffer even more troubles.

60. As they return from Babylon, passersby will strike the repulsive city and will destroy her. They will destroy another portion of your glory and your land as they return from Babylon.

61. You will be mown down by them like hay, and they will come upon you like fire.

62. They will devour you and your cities, your land, and your mountains. They will burn all your forests and fruit-bearing trees with fire.

63. They will take your children captive, plunder your wealth, and put an end to your beautiful face.