2 Esdras 16:39-41

Revised Standard Version

³⁹ so the calamities will not delay in coming forth upon the earth, and the world will groan, and pains will seize it on every side.

⁴⁰ “Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. ⁴¹ Let him that sells be like one who will flee; let him that buys be like one who will lose;