2 Esdras 16:33-35

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³³ 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. ³⁴ Their bridegrooms shall be killed in war, and their husbands shall perish of famine.

God’s People Must Prepare for the End

³⁵ Listen now to these things, and understand them, you who are servants of the Lord.