3 A sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back? (WEB) 4 A fire has been sent upon you, and who is there to quench it? (WEB) 5 Calamities are sent upon you, and who is there to drive them away? (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:3–5
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2 Esdras 16:8–10
8 The Lord God sends the calamities, and who will drive them away? (WEB) 9 A fire will go out from his wrath, and who may quench it? (WEB) 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who wouldn’t tremble? (WEB)
Ezekiel 7:5–7
5 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster — behold, it is coming! 6 The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come! 7 Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day i…
2 Esdras 16:36–38
36 Behold, the Lord’s word: receive it. Don’t doubt the things about which the Lord speaks. (WEB) 37 Behold, the calamities draw near, and are not delayed. (WEB) 38 Just as a woman with child in the ninth month, when the hour of her delivery draws near, within two or three hours gr… (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:13–15
13 For his right hand that bends the bow is strong, his arrows that he shoots are sharp, and will not miss when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world. (WEB) 14 Behold, the calamities are sent out, and will not return again until they come upon the earth. (WEB) 15 The fir… (WEB)
Sirach 2:13–15
13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB) 14 Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you? (WEB) 15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways. (WEB)
Book of Enoch 102:1–2
1 In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire upon you, Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance? And when He launches forth His word against you Will you not be affrighted and fear? (ENO) 2 And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fe… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 80:7–8
7 And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners, And the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them, [And they shall be altered from all their ways], Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods. (ENO) 8 And evil shall be multiplied… (ENO)
Ezekiel 7:24–26
24 So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned. 25 Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. 26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after…
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