14 Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you? (WEB)
Sirach 2:14
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2 Esdras 16:3–5
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)
Sirach 7:15–17
15 Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. (WEB) 16 Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. (WEB) 17 Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. (WEB)
2 Baruch 52:4–6
4 [But even in the face of these things will I speaks (2BA) 5 And as for the righteous, what will they do now? (2BA) 6 Rejoice ye in the suffering which ye now suffer: For why do ye look for the decline of your enemies? (2BA)
Book of Enoch 95:1–3
1 Oh that mine eyes were [a cloud of] waters That I might weep over you, And pour down my tears as a cloud †of waters†: That so I might rest from my trouble of heart! (ENO) 2 †Who has permitted you to practise reproaches and wickedness? And so judgement shall overtake y… (ENO)
2 Esdras 16:65–67
65 When your sins are brought out before men, you will be ashamed, and your own iniquities will stand as your accusers in that day. (WEB) 66 What will you do? Or how will you hide your sins before God and his angels? (WEB) 67 Behold, God is the judge. Fear him! Stop sinning, and fo… (WEB)
Book of Enoch 97:6–8
6 And all the words of your unrighteousness shall be read out before the Great Holy One, And your faces shall be covered with shame, And He will reject every work which is grounded on unrighteousness. (ENO) 7 Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the… (ENO) 8 … (ENO)
2 Esdras 15:23–25
23 A fire has gone out from his wrath and has consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw. (WEB) 24 Woe to those who sin and don’t keep my commandments!” says the Lord. (WEB) 25 “I will not spare them. Go your way, you rebellious children! Don’t defile m… (WEB)
Book of Enoch 96:6–8
6 Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away, Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life. (ENO) 7 Woe to you who work unrighteousness And deceit and blasphemy: It shall be a memorial against you for evil. (ENO) 8 Woe to y… (ENO)
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