2 Esdras 16:41-43

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⁴¹ Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth.^{(A) 42} Let the one who sells be like one who will flee; let the one who buys be like one who will lose;^{(B) 43} let the one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let the one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it;