even so the calamities won’t delay coming upon the earth. The world will groan, and sorrows will seize it on every side.
KJV
2 Esdras 16:39
Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side.
Parallel Translations
For strangers shal reape their frutes, and spoile their goods, and ouerthrowe their houses, and take their children captiue: for in captiuitie & famine shal they get their children.