12 Let Egypt and its foundations mourn, for the plague of the chastisement and the punishment that God will bring upon it. (WEB) 13 Let the farmers that till the ground mourn, for their seeds will fail and their trees will be ruined through the blight and hail, and a terrible tempest. (WEB) 14 Woe to the world and those who dwell in it! (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:12–14
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