World English Bible

2 Esdras 15:10-18 World English Bible (WEB)

10. Behold, my people is led as a flock to the slaughter: I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt:

11. but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and with a high arm, and will strike Egypt with plagues, as aforetime, and will destroy all the land thereof.

12. Let Egypt mourn, and the foundations thereof, for the plague of the chastisement and the punishment that God shall bring upon it.

13. Let the husbandmen that till the ground mourn: for their seeds shall fail and their trees shall be laid waste through the blasting and hail, and a terrible star.

14. Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!

15. for the sword and their destruction draweth near, and nation shall rise up against nation to battle with weapons in their hands.

16. For there shall be sedition among men; and waxing strong one against another, they shall not regard their king nor the chief of their great ones, in their might.

17. For a man shall desire to go into a city, and shall not be able.

18. For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled, the houses shall be destroyed, and men shall be afraid.