2 Esdras 16:47
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Foreigners will gather their fruits, plunder their wealth, knock down their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and hunger they will produce their offspring.
NRSVA
Those who conduct business, do so only to have it plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,
NRSVUE
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.
RSV
Those who conduct business, do it only to be plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,
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