2 Esdras 16:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As an arrow that is shot by a powerful archer doesn’t turn back, so the disasters that will be unleashed upon the earth won’t turn back.

¹⁷ I am doomed! I am doomed! Who will save me when those days arrive?

¹⁸ The beginning of groaning and an abundance of sighing! The beginning of famine, and many will perish; the beginning of wars, and powerful ones will be afraid; the beginning of disasters, and all will be terrified.