2 Esdras 16:41-43

Common English Bible

⁴¹ Hear the word, my people. Prepare yourselves for battle, and in the midst of disasters be like strangers on earth. ⁴² Let the person who sells be like a person who is about to run away, and let the person who buys be like a person who is about to lose. ⁴³ Let one who does business be as one who makes no profit; one who builds as one who won’t get to live in the building;