40 Great and mighty clouds, full of wrath, will be lifted up with the storm, that they may destroy all the earth and those who dwell in it. They will pour out over every high and lofty one a terrible storm, (WEB) 41 fire, hail, flying swords, and many waters, that all plains may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of those waters. (WEB) 42 They will break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the forest, and grass of the meadows, and their grain. (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:40–42
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