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
And they that occupie their marchandise with couetousnes, the more they decke their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their owne persones,
Parallel Translations
“O my people, hear my word: prepare for battle, and in those calamities be like strangers on the earth.