31 even so in those days, there will be three or four left by those who search their houses with the sword. (WEB) 32 The earth will be left desolate, and its fields will be for briers, and its roads and all her paths will grow thorns, because no sheep will pass along them. (WEB) 33 The virgins will mourn, having no bridegrooms. The women will mourn, having no husbands. Their daughters will mourn, having no helpers. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:31–33
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2 Esdras 16:22–24
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