46 for foreigners will reap their fruits, plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine they will conceive their children. (WEB) 47 Those who conduct business, do so only to be plundered. The more they adorn their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons, (WEB) 48 the more I will hate them for their sins,” says the Lord. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:46–48
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