2 Esdras 15:60-62

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⁶⁰ As they pass by they shall crush the hateful^[a] city and shall destroy a part of your land and abolish a portion of your glory, when they return from devastated Babylon. ⁶¹ You shall be broken down by them like stubble,^[b] and they shall be like fire to you.^{(A) 62} They shall devour you and your cities, your land and your mountains; they shall burn with fire all your forests and your fruitful trees.