1 Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! (WEB) 2 Put on sackcloth and garments of goats’ hair, wail for your children and lament; for your destruction is at hand. (WEB) 3 A sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back? (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:1–3
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