2 Esdras 16:33-35

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³³ The earth shall be left desolate, and its fields shall be plowed up,^[a] and its roads and all its paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along them.^{(A) 34} Virgins shall mourn because they have no bridegrooms; women shall mourn because they have no husbands; their daughters shall mourn because they have no help.^{(B) 35} Their bridegrooms shall be killed in war, and their husbands shall perish of famine.