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) 43 They will go on steadily to Babylon and destroy her. (WEB) 44 They will come to it and surround it. They will pour out the storm and all wrath on her. Then the dust and smoke will go up to the sky, and all those who are around it will mourn for it. (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:41–44
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