2 Esdras 16:45-47

Revised Standard Version

⁴⁵ Because those who labor, labor in vain; ⁴⁶ for strangers shall gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, and overthrow their houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and famine they will beget their children. ⁴⁷ Those who conduct business, do it only to be plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,