O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.
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2 Esdras 16:40
“O my people, hear my word: prepare for battle, and in those calamities be like strangers on the earth.
Parallel Translations
And they that occupie their marchandise with couetousnes, the more they decke their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their owne persones,