44 those who marry, as those who will have no children, and those who don’t marry, as the widowed. (WEB) 45 Because of this, those who labor, labor in vain; (WEB) 46 for foreigners will reap their fruits, plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine they will conceive their children. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:44–46
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33 The virgins will mourn, having no bridegrooms. The women will mourn, having no husbands. Their daughters will mourn, having no helpers. (WEB) 34 Their bridegrooms will be destroyed in the wars, and their husbands will perish of famine. (WEB) 35 Hear now these things, and underst… (WEB)
Deuteronomy 28:40–42
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