2 Esdras 16:1

¹ Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria! (WEB)

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2 Esdras 15:13–15

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) ¹⁵ For the sword and their destruction draws near, and nation will… (WEB)

Zephaniah 3:1–2

¹ Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! ² She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

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²² And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood. ²³ Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness, ²⁴ you built yoursel…

2 Esdras 15:45–47

⁴⁵ Those who remain will serve those who have destroyed it. (WEB) ⁴⁶ You, Asia, who are partaker in the beauty of Babylon, and in the glory of her person— (WEB) ⁴⁷ woe to you, you wretch, because you have made yourself like her. You have decked out your daughters for prostitution,… (WEB)

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2 Esdras 2:7–9

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2 Esdras 15:4–6

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Jeremiah 51:53–55

⁵³ Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD. ⁵⁴ “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! ⁵⁵ For the LORD will…

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