2 Esdras 16:68-73

Common English Bible

⁶⁸ Look, God is judge. Fear him. Stop sinning and forget your wicked practices, never again to commit them. Then God will lead you out and deliver you from all tribulation.

⁶⁹ Look, the rage of a large crowd will be stirred up against you. They will take some of you and try to feed you meat that was sacrificed to idols. ⁷⁰ Those who consent to this will be mocked and disgraced by them and trampled underfoot. ⁷¹ There will be great uprisings against those who fear the Lord in many places and in neighboring cities. ⁷² People will be like maniacs on account of their own distress. They will spare no one, seeking to plunder and destroy those who still fear the Lord. ⁷³ They will destroy and rob their possessions and throw them out of their own homes.