2 Esdras 16:42-44

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⁴² Let the one who sells be like one who will flee; let the one who buys be like one who will lose;^{(A) 43} let the one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let the one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it; ⁴⁴ let the one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also the one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes;