2 Esdras 16:39-41

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³⁹ so the calamities will not delay in coming 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 one who sells be like one who will flee; let one who buys be like one who will lose;