2 Esdras 16:47-49

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⁴⁷ for strangers shall gather their fruits and plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine they will produce their children.^{[a](A) 48} Those who conduct business do so only to have it plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons, ⁴⁹ the more angry I will be with them for their sins, says the Lord.