2 Esdras 16:1-3

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16 Woe to you, Babylon and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!^{(A) 2} Bind on sackcloth and cloth of goats’ hair,^[a] and wail for your children, and lament for them, for your destruction is at hand.^{(B) 3} The sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back?