2 Esdras 15:28-33
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A Terrifying Vision of Warfare
28 What a terrifying sight, appearing from the east! 29 The nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots, and from the day that they set out their hissing shall spread over the earth, so that all who hear them will fear and tremble.(A) 30 Also the Carmonians, raging in wrath, shall go forth like wild boars[a] from the forest, and with great power they shall come and engage them in battle, and with their tusks they shall devastate a portion of the land of the Assyrians with their teeth.(B) 31 And then the dragons,[b] remembering their origin, shall become still stronger, and if they combine in great power and turn to pursue them, 32 then these shall be disorganized and silenced by their power and shall turn and flee.[c] 33 And from the land of the Assyrians an enemy in ambush shall attack them and destroy one of them, and fear and trembling shall come upon their army and indecision upon their kings.(C)
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