47 woe to you, you wretch, because you have made yourself like her. You have decked out your daughters for prostitution, that they might please and glory in your lovers, which have always lusted after you! (WEB) 48 You have followed her who is hateful in all her works and inventions. Therefore God says, (WEB) 49 “I will send evils on you: widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to lay waste your houses and bring you to destruction and death. (WEB) 50 The glory of your power will be dried up like a flower when the heat rises that is sent over you. (WEB) 51 You will be weakened like a poor woman who is beaten and wounded, so that you won’t be able to receive your mighty ones and your lovers. (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:47–51
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