2 Esdras 16:40-42

Revised Standard Version

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; ⁴² let him that does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let him that builds a house be like one who will not live in it;