2 Esdras 16:41-43

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴¹ Let one who sells be like one who will flee; let one who buys be like one who will lose; ⁴² let one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it; ⁴³ let one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes;