Common English Bible

2 Esdras 16:3-7 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. The sword has been sent against you, and who can turn it away?

4. Fire has been sent against you, and who can extinguish it?

5. Disasters are sent against you, and who can ward them off?

6. Can anyone ward off a hungry lion in the woods? Or put out a fire in dried hay, once it has begun to burn?

7. Or repel an arrow shot by a strong archer?