Why is 2 Esdras shown with the King James Bible?
1 Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
3 A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back?
4 A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it?
5 Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them away?
7 May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?
8 The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive them away?
9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may quench it?
10 He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear? he shall thunder, and who shall not be afraid?
11 The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not be utterly beaten to powder at his presence?
14 Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not return again, until they come upon the earth.
15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out, till it consume the foundation of the earth.
17 Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?
19 Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish, are sent as scourges for amendment.
24 There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it
25 The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?
26 The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? for all places shall be desolate of men:
27 So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.
29 As in an orchard of Olives upon every tree there are left three or four olives;
34 In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of famine.
35 Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.
36 Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord spake.
37 Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack.
41 He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:
44 They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers.
45 And therefore they that labour labour in vain:
48 The more will I be angry with them for their sin, saith the Lord.
49 Like as a whore envieth a right honest and virtuous woman:
51 And therefore be ye not like thereunto, nor to the works thereof.
56 In his word were the stars made, and he knoweth the number of them.
59 He spreadeth out the heavens like a vault; upon the waters hath he founded it.
64 Therefore hath the Lord exactly searched out all your works, and he will put you all to shame.
66 What will ye do? or how will ye hide your sins before God and his angels?
69 And they that consent unto them shall be had in derision and in reproach, and trodden under foot.
72 For they shall waste and take away their goods, and cast them out of their houses.
73 Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as the gold in the fire.
75 Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide,
78 It is left undressed, and is cast into the fire to be consumed therewith.