2 Esdras 16
1 Against Babylon, Asia, and Egypt and Syria. 18, 38 Of the evils that shall come upon the world, with admonition how to govern themselves in afflictions. 34 To acknowledge their sins, and to commit themselves to the Lord. 55 Whose mighty providence and justice is to be reverenced.
WOE to thee, Babylon and Asia: woe to thee, Egypt and Syria.
Gird yourselves with sack and haircloth, and mourn your children, and be sorry: for your destruction is at hand.
A sword is sent unto you, and who will turn it back? a fire is sent among you, and who will quench it?
Plagues are sent unto you, and who can drive them away?
May any man drive away an hungry lion in the woods? or quench the fire in stubble when it has once begun to burn? may one turn again the arrow, that is shot of a strong archer?
The mighty Lord sends the plagues, and who can drive them away? the fire is gone forth in his wrath, and who can quench it?
He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear? he shall thunder, and who shall not be afraid?
The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not utterly be broken in pieces at his presence? the earth quakes and the foundation thereof: the sea rises up with waves from the deep, and the waves thereof are troubled, and the fishes thereof, before the Lord and the glory of his power.
For strong is his right hand, that bends the bow: his arrows that he shoots, are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not turn again, til they come upon earth.
The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out, til it consume the foundations of the earth.
As an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer, returns not backward, so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth, shall not turn again.
Woe is me, woe is me: who will deliver me in those days?
The beginning of sorrows and great mourning: the beginning of famine, and great death: the beginning of wars, and the powers shall fear: the beginning of evils, and all shall tremble. What shall I do in these things, when the plagues come?
Behold, famine and plague, and trouble, and anguish are sent as scourges for amendment.
But for all these things they will not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
Behold, vittles shall be so good cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case: but then shall the evils bud forth upon earth, even the sword, the famine and great confusion.
For many of them that dwell upon earth, shall perish with famine, and the other that escape the famine, shall the sword destroy.
And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.
There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it: the trees shall give fruit, but who shall gather them?
The grapes shall be ripe, but who shall tread them? for all places shall be desolate, so that one man shall desire to see another, or to hear his voice.
For of one city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which shall hide themselves in the thick woods, and in the clefts of rocks.
As when there remain three or four olives in the place where olives grow, or among other trees,
Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some grapes of them that diligently sought through the vineyard:
So in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.
And the earth shall be left waste, and the fields thereof shall wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travail there through.
The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms: the women shall make lamentation, having no husbands: their daughters shall mourn having no helpers.
In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish with famine.
But, ye servants of the Lord, hear these it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord speaks: behold the plagues draw near, and are not slack.
As a travailing woman which in the ninth month brings forth her son, when the hours of birth is come, two or three hours before the pains come upon her body, and when the child comes to the birth, they tarry not a whit,
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.
O my people, hear my word: make you ready to the battle, and in the troubles be even as strangers upon earth.
He that sells, let him be as he that flees his way: and he that buys, as one that will lose.
Who so occupies merchandise, as he that wins not: and he that builds, as he that shall not dwell therein:
He that sows, as one that shall not reap: he that cuts the vine, as he that shall not gather grapes:
They that marry, as they that shall get no children: and they that marry not, so as the widows.
Therefore they that labor, labor in vain.
For strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, and overthrow their houses, and take their children captive: for in captivity and famine shall they get their children.
And they that occupy their merchandise with covetousness, the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,
So much more will I be angry against them for their sins, saith the Lord.
As a whore envy an honest and virtuous woman,
So shall righteousness hate iniquity, when she decks herself, and shall accuse her openly, when he shall come that shall bridle the author of all sin upon earth.
And therefore be ye be not like thereunto, nor to the works thereof: for or ever it be long, iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth, and righteousness shall rein among you.
Let not the sinner say, that he has not sinned: for coals of fire shall burn upon his head, which says, I have not sinned before the Lord God and his glory.
Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations, their thoughts and their hearts.
For as soon as he said, Let the earth be made, it was made: let the heaven be made, and it was created.
By his word were the stars established, and he knows the number of them.
He searches the depth, and the treasures thereof: he has measured the sea, and what it continues..
He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word has hung the earth upon the waters.
He spread out the heaven like a vault: upon the waters has he founded it.
In the desert hath he made springs of water, and poles upon the top of the mountains, to pour out floods from the high rocks to water the earth.
He made man, and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gave him breath, life and understanding.
And the Spirit of the almighty God, which made all things, and has searched all the hidden things in the secrets of the earth,
He knows your inventions, and what ye imagine in your heart when ye sin and would hide your sins.
Therefore has the Lord searched and sought out all your works, and will put you all to shame.
And when your sins are brought forth before men, ye shall be confounded, and your own sins shall stand as your accusers in that day.
What will ye do, or how will ye hide your sins before God and his Angels?
Behold, God himself is the judge: fear him: cease from your sins, and forget your iniquities, and meddle no more from henceforth with them: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
For behold, the heat of a great multitude is kindled against you, and they shall take away certain of you, and shall slay you for meat to the idols.
And they that consent unto them, shall be had in derision and in reproach, and trodden under foot.
For in every place and cities that are near, there shall be great insurrection against those that fear the Lord.
They shall be like mad men: they shall spare none: they shall spoil, and waste such as yet fear the Lord.
For they then shall waste and spoil their goods, and cast them out of their houses.
Then shall the trial of my chosen appear, as the gold is tried by the fire.
Hear, o ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from them: be not ye afraid: doubt not, for God is your captain.
Whosoever keepeth my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God, let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift themselves up.
Woe unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered with their iniquities, as a field is hedged in with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thrones, whereby no man may travail: it is shut up, and is appointed to be devoured with fire.
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