2 Esdras 16:41–44

⁴¹Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth.^{* 42}Let the one who sells be like one who will flee; let the one who buys be like one who will lose;^{* 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; ⁴⁴let 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;