2 Esdras 16:34-36

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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.^{(A) 35} Their bridegrooms shall be killed in war, and their husbands shall perish of famine.

God’s People Must Prepare for the End

³⁶ Listen now to these things, and understand them, you who are servants of the Lord.