2 Esdras 16:48-50

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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. ⁵⁰ Just as a respectable and virtuous woman abhors a prostitute,