# 6 Ezra (2 Esdras 15–16)

- Author: Anonymous
- Latin title: *Liber Ezrae sextus*
- Date: 3rd century (disputed)
- Source: R. L. Bensly and M. R. James, The Fourth Book of Ezra: The Latin Version Edited from the MSS, Texts and Studies 3.2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895), pp. 1–6 (chapters 1–2) and 72–81 (chapters 15–16), text of the French manuscripts S and A

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: A. F. J. Klijn, Der lateinische Text der Apokalypse des Esra, TU 131 (Berlin, 1983)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/
- Passages: 141

## 6 Ezra 15.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-1
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce loquere in aures plebi meae sermones prophetiae quos inmisero in os tuum, dicit dominus,

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, speak in the ears of my people the words of prophecy which I shall put into your mouth, says the Lord,

### Translation notes

- 6 Ezra (2 Esdras 15–16 in the English Apocrypha): a Christian prophecy of the 3rd century, probably from Asia Minor or Egypt, attached to 4 Ezra; it is not part of the 66-book canon. Translated from the Latin (Bensly–James 1895). Its picture of judgment on 'Babylon' and 'Asia' and of persecution of the 'chosen' reflects a time of persecution.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.1 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-1).

## 6 Ezra 15.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-2
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et fac ut in carta Scribantur, quoniam fideles et ueri sunt.

### English translation (Claude)

and have them written on paper, for they are faithful and true.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.2 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-2).

## 6 Ezra 15.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-3
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ne timeas a cogitationibus aduersum te, nec turbent te incredulitates contradicentium.

### English translation (Claude)

Do not fear the plots against you, and do not let the unbelief of those who speak against you trouble you.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.3 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-3).

## 6 Ezra 15.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-4
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quoniam omnis incredulus in incredulitate sua

### English translation (Claude)

For every unbeliever will die in his unbelief.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.4 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-4).

## 6 Ezra 15.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-5
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce ego induco, dicit dominus, super orbem terrarum mala, gladium et famem et mortem et interitum,

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, I am bringing evils upon the whole world, says the Lord: sword and famine and death and destruction,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.5 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-5).

## 6 Ezra 15.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-6
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propter quod superposuit iniquitas omnem terram, et adimpleta sunt opera nociua illorum.

### English translation (Claude)

because iniquity has overspread the whole earth, and their harmful works are complete.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.6 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-6).

## 6 Ezra 15.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-7
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propterea dicit dominus:

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore says the Lord:

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.7 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-7).

## 6 Ezra 15.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-8
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Iam non silebo in impietatibus eorum quae inreligiose agunt, nec sustinebo in his quae inique exercent. ecce sanguis innoxius et iustus clamat ad me, et animae iustorum clamant perseueranter.

### English translation (Claude)

I will no longer keep silent about their impieties which they commit irreligiously, nor will I bear with the wicked things they do. Behold, innocent and righteous blood cries out to me, and the souls of the righteous cry out unceasingly.

### Scripture references

- Rev 6:9–10: echo, medium confidence
- Gen 4:10: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.8 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-8).

## 6 Ezra 15.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-9
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vindicans uindicabo illos, dicit dominus, et accipiam omnem sanguinem innoxium ex illis ad me.

### English translation (Claude)

I will surely avenge them, says the Lord, and will require from them all the innocent blood.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.9 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-9).

## 6 Ezra 15.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-10
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce populus meus quasi grex ad occisionem ducitur; iam non patiar illum habitare in terra Aegypti,

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, my people is led like a flock to the slaughter; I will no longer allow them to dwell in the land of Egypt,

### Scripture references

- Isa 53:7: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.10 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-10).

## 6 Ezra 15.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-11
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sed educam eum in manu potenti et brachio excelso, et percutiam Aegyptum plaga sicut prius, et corrumpam omnem terram eius.

### English translation (Claude)

but I will bring them out with a mighty hand and an uplifted arm, and I will strike Egypt with a plague as before, and destroy all its land.

### Scripture references

- Deut 4:34: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.11 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-11).

## 6 Ezra 15.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-12
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Lugeat Aegyptus et fundamenta eius a plaga uerberationis et castigationis quam inducit dominus.

### English translation (Claude)

Let Egypt mourn, and its foundations, at the plague of scourging and chastisement which the Lord brings.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.12 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-12).

## 6 Ezra 15.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-13
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Lugeant cultores operantes terram, quoniam deficient semina eorum, et uastabuntur ligna eorum ab uredine et grandine et a sidere terribili.

### English translation (Claude)

Let the farmers who till the ground mourn, for their seed will fail, and their trees will be ruined by blight and hail and by a terrible storm.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.13 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-13).

## 6 Ezra 15.14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-14
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae saeculo et qui inhabitant in eum!

### English translation (Claude)

Woe to the world and those who dwell in it!

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.14 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-14).

## 6 Ezra 15.15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-15
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quia adpropinquauit gladius et contritio eorum, et exsurget gens super gentem ad pugnam, et rumphea in manibus eorum.

### English translation (Claude)

For the sword and their destruction have drawn near, and nation will rise against nation in battle, with swords in their hands.

### Scripture references

- Matt 24:7: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.15 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-15).

## 6 Ezra 15.16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-16
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Erit enim inconstabilitio hominibus; alii aliis inualescentes non curabunt regem suum et principem megestanorum suorum in potentia sua.

### English translation (Claude)

For there will be unrest among men; growing strong against one another, they will not heed their king or the chief of their nobles in his power.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.16 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-16).

## 6 Ezra 15.17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-17
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Concupiscet enim homo in ciuitatem ire et non poterit.

### English translation (Claude)

For a man will long to go into a city and will not be able.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.17 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-17).

## 6 Ezra 15.18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-18
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propter superbiam enim eorum ciuitates turbabuntur, domus exterentur, homines metuent.

### English translation (Claude)

Because of their pride the cities will be thrown into confusion, houses will be destroyed, men will be afraid.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.18 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-18).

## 6 Ezra 15.19

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-19
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Non miserebitur homo proximum suum ad impetum faciendum in domos eorum in gladium, ad diripiendas substantias eorum propter famem panis et tribulationem multam.

### English translation (Claude)

A man will not pity his neighbour, but will make an assault on their houses with the sword, to plunder their goods, because of hunger for bread and great tribulation.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.19 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-19).

## 6 Ezra 15.20

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-20
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce ego conuoco, dicit deus, omnes reges terrae ad me uerendum ab oriente et ab austro, ab euro et a libano, ad conuertendos se et reddere quae dederunt illis.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, I call together, says God, all the kings of the earth to fear me, from the east and from the south, from the east wind and from Lebanon, to turn upon one another and repay what they have done to them.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.20 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-20).

## 6 Ezra 15.21

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-21
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sicut faciunt usque hodie electis meis, sic faciam et reddam in sinu eorum. haec dicit dominus deus:

### English translation (Claude)

As they do to this day to my chosen ones, so I will do and repay into their bosom. Thus says the Lord God:

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.21 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-21).

## 6 Ezra 15.22

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-22
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Non parcet dextera mea super peccantes, nec cessabit rumphea super effundentes sanguinem innocuum super terram.

### English translation (Claude)

My right hand will not spare the sinners, and the sword will not cease from those who shed innocent blood on the earth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.22 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-22).

## 6 Ezra 15.23

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-23
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et exiit ignis ab ira eius et deuorauit fundamenta terrae et peccatores quasi stramen incensum.

### English translation (Claude)

And fire went out from his wrath and consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners like burnt straw.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.23 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-23).

## 6 Ezra 15.24

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-24
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae eis qui peccant et non obseruant mandata mea, dicit dominus;

### English translation (Claude)

Woe to those who sin and do not keep my commandments, says the Lord;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.24 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-24).

## 6 Ezra 15.25

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-25
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Non parcam illis. discedite filii apostatae, nolite contaminare sanctificationem meam.

### English translation (Claude)

I will not spare them. Depart, you apostate children; do not defile my sanctuary.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.25 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-25).

## 6 Ezra 15.26

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-26
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quoniam nouit dominus omnes qui derelinquunt in illum, propterea tradidit eos in mortem et in occisionem.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Lord knows all who forsake him; therefore he has given them up to death and slaughter.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.26 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-26).

## 6 Ezra 15.27

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-27
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Iam enim uenerunt super orbem terrarum mala, et manebitis in illis, non enim liberabit uos deus propter quod peccastis in eum.

### English translation (Claude)

For evils have already come upon the whole world, and you will remain in them; for God will not deliver you, because you have sinned against him.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.27 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-27).

## 6 Ezra 15.28

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-28
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce uisio horribilis, et facies illius ab oriente!

### English translation (Claude)

Behold a terrible sight, and its appearance is from the east!

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.28 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-28).

## 6 Ezra 15.29

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-29
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et exient nationes draconum Arabum in curris multis, et sibilatus eorum a die itineris fertur super terram, ut etiam timeant et trepidentur omnes, qui illos audient.

### English translation (Claude)

And nations of dragons of Arabia will come out with many chariots, and from the day of their setting out their hissing is carried over the earth, so that all who hear them fear and tremble.

### Translation notes

- The 'dragons of Arabia' and the 'Carmonians' (Carmania, in southern Persia) are usually read as the Sasanian Persians and their foes of the mid-3rd century; the identification is uncertain.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.29 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-29).

## 6 Ezra 15.30

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-30
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Carmonii insanientes in ira exient ut apri de silua et aduenient in uirtute magna et constabunt in pugnam cum illis et uastabunt portionem terrae Assyriorum in dentibus suis.

### English translation (Claude)

The Carmonians, raging in wrath, will go out like wild boars from the forest, and will come with great power and join battle with them, and will lay waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians with their teeth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.30 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-30).

## 6 Ezra 15.31

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-31
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et post haec superualescent dracones natiuitatis memores suae, et si conuerterint se conspirantes in uirtute magna ad persequendos eos,

### English translation (Claude)

And after this the dragons, remembering their origin, will prevail; and if they turn, conspiring with great power to pursue them,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.31 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-31).

## 6 Ezra 15.32

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-32
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et isti turbabuntur et silebunt in uirtute illorum et conuertent pedes suos in fugam,

### English translation (Claude)

then these will be thrown into confusion and fall silent before their power, and will turn their feet in flight;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.32 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-32).

## 6 Ezra 15.33

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-33
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et a territorio Assyriorum subsessor obsidebit illos et consumet unum ex illis, et erit timor et tremor in exercitum illorum et inconstantia in reges ipsorum.

### English translation (Claude)

and from the territory of the Assyrians an ambusher will besiege them and destroy one of them, and there will be fear and trembling in their army and unrest among their kings.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.33 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-33).

## 6 Ezra 15.34

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-34
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce nubs ab oriente et a septentrione usque ad meridianum et facies illorum horrida ualde, plena irae et procellae;

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, clouds from the east and from the north to the south, and their appearance very terrible, full of wrath and storm;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.34 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-34).

## 6 Ezra 15.35

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-35
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et conlident se inuicem et effundent sidus copiosum super terram et sidus illorum, et erit sanguis a gladio usque ad uentrem equi

### English translation (Claude)

and they will dash against one another and pour out a heavy storm upon the earth, and their own storm, and there will be blood from the sword up to the horse's belly

### Scripture references

- Rev 14:20: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.35 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-35).

## 6 Ezra 15.36

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-36
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et femur hominis et suffraginem cameli, et erit timor et tremor multus super terram,

### English translation (Claude)

and a man's thigh and a camel's hock, and there will be great fear and trembling on the earth;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.36 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-36).

## 6 Ezra 15.37

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-37
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et horrebunt qui uidebunt iram illam, et tremor adprehendit illos. et post haec mouebuntur nimbi copiosi

### English translation (Claude)

and those who see that wrath will shudder, and trembling will seize them. And after this great storm clouds will be stirred up

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.37 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-37).

## 6 Ezra 15.38

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-38
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

A meridiano et septentrione et portio alia ab occidente.

### English translation (Claude)

from the south and the north, and another part from the west.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.38 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-38).

## 6 Ezra 15.39

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-39
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et superinualescent uenti ab oriente et recludent eum et nubem quam suscitauit in ira, et sidus ad faciendam exteritionem ab orientalem notum et occidentem uiolabitur.

### English translation (Claude)

And the winds from the east will prevail and shut it in, and the cloud which he raised in wrath; and the storm that was to cause destruction will be driven violently toward the south and the west.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.39 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-39).

## 6 Ezra 15.40

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-40
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et exaltabuntur nubes magnae et ualidae plenae irae et sidus, ut exterant omnem terram et inhabitantes eam, et fundent super omnem altum et eminentem sidus terribile,

### English translation (Claude)

And great and mighty clouds, full of wrath and storm, will rise up to destroy all the earth and those who dwell in it, and they will pour out upon every high and lofty place a terrible storm,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.40 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-40).

## 6 Ezra 15.41

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-41
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ignem et grandinem et rumpheas uolantes et aquas multas, ut etiam impleantur omnes campi et omnes riui plenitudine aquarum illarum.

### English translation (Claude)

fire and hail and flying swords and many waters, so that all the plains and all the streams are filled with the abundance of those waters.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.41 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-41).

## 6 Ezra 15.42

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-42
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et demolient ciuitates et muros et montes et colles et ligna siluarum et fena pratorum et frumenta eorum.

### English translation (Claude)

And they will tear down cities and walls and mountains and hills and the trees of the forests and the grass of the meadows and their grain.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.42 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-42).

## 6 Ezra 15.43

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-43
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et transibunt constanter usque Babylonem et exterent eam.

### English translation (Claude)

And they will pass on steadily as far as Babylon and destroy it.

### Scripture references

- Rev 18:2: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.43 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-43).

## 6 Ezra 15.44

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-44
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Conuenient ad ipsam et circuibunt eam et effundent sidus et omnem iram super eam, et subibit puluis et fumus usque ad caelum, et omnes in circuitu lugebunt eam.

### English translation (Claude)

They will gather against her and surround her and pour out the storm and all their wrath upon her; and dust and smoke will go up to heaven, and all around will mourn for her.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.44 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-44).

## 6 Ezra 15.45

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-45
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et qui subremanserint seruient his qui eam exteruerunt.

### English translation (Claude)

And those who remain will serve those who destroyed her.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.45 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-45).

## 6 Ezra 15.46

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-46
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et tu Asia consors in specie Babylonis et gloria personae eius,

### English translation (Claude)

And you, Asia, who share in the beauty of Babylon and the glory of her person,

### Scripture references

- Rev 17:1–6: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.46 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-46).

## 6 Ezra 15.47

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-47
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae tibi, misera, propter quod adsimilasti ei, ornasti filias tuas in fornicatione ad placendum et gloriandum in amatoribus tuis qui te cupierunt semper.

### English translation (Claude)

woe to you, wretched one, because you have made yourself like her; you have adorned your daughters for fornication, to please and to boast in your lovers who have always desired you.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.47 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-47).

## 6 Ezra 15.48

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-48
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Fornicariam odibilem imitata es in omnibus operibus eius et adinuentionibus eius; propterea dicit deus:

### English translation (Claude)

You have imitated the hateful harlot in all her works and her devices; therefore says God:

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.48 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-48).

## 6 Ezra 15.49

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-49
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Inmittam tibi mala, uiduitatem, paupertatem et famem et gladium et pestem ad deuastandas domus tuas, ad uiolationem et mortem.

### English translation (Claude)

I will send evils upon you: widowhood, poverty and famine and sword and pestilence, to lay waste your houses, to ruin and death.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.49 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-49).

## 6 Ezra 15.50

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-50
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et gloria uirtutis tuae sicut flos siccabitur, cum exsurget ardor qui emissus est super te.

### English translation (Claude)

And the glory of your power will wither like a flower, when the heat rises that is sent upon you.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.50 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-50).

## 6 Ezra 15.51

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-51
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et infirmaberis et paupera a plaga et mastigata a uulneribus, ut non possis tuos suscipere potentes et amatores.

### English translation (Claude)

And you will be weakened and made poor by the blow, and scourged with wounds, so that you cannot receive your mighty ones and your lovers.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.51 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-51).

## 6 Ezra 15.52

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-52
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Numquid ego sic zelabo te, dicit dominus,

### English translation (Claude)

Would I be so jealous against you, says the Lord,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.52 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-52).

## 6 Ezra 15.53

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-53
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Nisi occidisses electos meos in omni tempore, exultans percussione manuum et dicens super mortem eorum cum inebriata es?

### English translation (Claude)

if you had not always killed my chosen ones, exulting with clapping of hands and speaking over their death when you were drunk?

### Scripture references

- Rev 17:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.53 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-53).

## 6 Ezra 15.54

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-54
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Exorna speciem uultus tui!

### English translation (Claude)

Adorn the beauty of your face!

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.54 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-54).

## 6 Ezra 15.55

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-55
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Merces fornicariae in sinus tuos, propterea redditionem recipies.

### English translation (Claude)

The harlot's wages are in your bosom; therefore you will receive your recompense.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.55 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-55).

## 6 Ezra 15.56

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-56
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sicut facies electis meis, dicit dominus, sic faciet tibi deus et tradet te in malis.

### English translation (Claude)

As you do to my chosen ones, says the Lord, so God will do to you, and will deliver you to evils.

### Scripture references

- Rev 18:6: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.56 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-56).

## 6 Ezra 15.57

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-57
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et nati tui fame interient, et tu rumphea cades, et ciuitates tuae conterentur, et omnes tui in campo gladio cadent;

### English translation (Claude)

Your children will die of hunger, and you will fall by the sword, and your cities will be crushed, and all your people in the field will fall by the sword;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.57 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-57).

## 6 Ezra 15.58

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-58
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et qui sunt in montibus fame peribunt, et manducabunt carnes suas et sanguinem bibent a fame panis et siti aquae.

### English translation (Claude)

and those who are in the mountains will perish of hunger, and they will eat their own flesh and drink blood for hunger of bread and thirst for water.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.58 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-58).

## 6 Ezra 15.59

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-59
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Infelix primaria uenies, et rursum accipies mala.

### English translation (Claude)

Unhappy above all, you will come and will receive evils again.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.59 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-59).

## 6 Ezra 15.60

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-60
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et in transitu allident ciuitatem otiosam et exterent aliquam portionem terrae tuae et partem gloriae tuae exterminabunt rursum reuertentes a Babylonia subuersa.

### English translation (Claude)

And as they pass they will dash against the idle city and destroy some portion of your land and wipe out part of your glory, as they return again from Babylon overthrown.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.60 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-60).

## 6 Ezra 15.61

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-61
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et demolita eris illis pro stipula et ipsi erunt tibi ignis.

### English translation (Claude)

And you will be torn down by them like stubble, and they will be fire to you.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.61 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-61).

## 6 Ezra 15.62

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-62
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et deuorabunt te et ciuitates tuas, terram tuam et montes tuos, omnes siluas tuas et lignum fructiferum igni conburent.

### English translation (Claude)

And they will devour you and your cities, your land and your mountains; they will burn all your forests and fruit trees with fire.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.62 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-62).

## 6 Ezra 15.63

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-63
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Filios tuos captiuos ducent et censum tuum praeda habebunt et gloriam faciei tuae exterminabunt.

### English translation (Claude)

They will lead your children away captive, and take your wealth as plunder, and wipe out the glory of your face.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 15.63 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-15-63).

## 6 Ezra 16.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-1
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae tibi, Babylon et Asia, uae tibi, Aegypte et Syria!

### English translation (Claude)

Woe to you, Babylon and Asia; woe to you, Egypt and Syria!

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.1 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-1).

## 6 Ezra 16.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-2
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Praecingite uos saccis et ciliciis et plangite filios uestros et dolete eos, quoniam adpropinquauit contritio uestra.

### English translation (Claude)

Gird yourselves with sackcloth and haircloth, and wail for your children and grieve for them, for your destruction has drawn near.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.2 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-2).

## 6 Ezra 16.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-3
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Inmissus est uobis gladius, et quis est qui auertat illum?

### English translation (Claude)

The sword has been sent upon you, and who is there to turn it back?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.3 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-3).

## 6 Ezra 16.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-4
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Inmissus est uobis ignis, et quis est qui extinguat illum?

### English translation (Claude)

Fire has been sent upon you, and who is there to quench it?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.4 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-4).

## 6 Ezra 16.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-5
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Inmissa sunt uobis mala, et quis est qui repellat ea?

### English translation (Claude)

Evils have been sent upon you, and who is there to drive them back?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.5 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-5).

## 6 Ezra 16.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-6
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Numquid repellet aliquis leonem esurientem in silua, aut extinguet ignem in stipula mox quae coeperit ardere?

### English translation (Claude)

Can anyone drive back a hungry lion in the forest, or quench a fire in the stubble once it has begun to burn?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.6 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-6).

## 6 Ezra 16.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-7
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Numquid aliquis repellet sagittam a sagittario forti missam?

### English translation (Claude)

Can anyone turn back an arrow shot by a strong archer?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.7 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-7).

## 6 Ezra 16.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-8
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Dominus deus mittit mala, et quis repellet ea?

### English translation (Claude)

The Lord God sends the evils, and who will drive them back?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.8 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-8).

## 6 Ezra 16.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-9
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Exiet ignis ex iracundia eius, et quis est qui extinguat eum?

### English translation (Claude)

Fire will go out from his anger, and who is there to quench it?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.9 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-9).

## 6 Ezra 16.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-10
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Coruscabit, et quis non timebit? tonabit, et quis non horrebit?

### English translation (Claude)

He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who will not shudder?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.10 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-10).

## 6 Ezra 16.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-11
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Dominus comminabitur, et quis non funditus conteretur a facie ipsius?

### English translation (Claude)

The Lord will threaten, and who will not be utterly crushed before his face?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.11 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-11).

## 6 Ezra 16.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-12
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Terra tremuit et fundamenta eius, mare fluctuatur de profundo, et fluctus eius disturbabuntur et pisces eius a facie domini et a gloria uirtutis eius.

### English translation (Claude)

The earth has trembled, and its foundations; the sea surges from the depth, and its waves will be thrown into turmoil, and its fish, before the face of the Lord and before the glory of his power.

### Scripture references

- Ps 18:7 (17:8 LXX): echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.12 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-12).

## 6 Ezra 16.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-13
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quoniam fortis dextera eius quae arcum tendit: sagittae eius acutae quae ab ipso mittuntur, non deficient cum coeperint mitti in fines terrae.

### English translation (Claude)

For strong is his right hand that bends the bow; his arrows that are shot by him are sharp, and they will not fail when they begin to be shot to the ends of the earth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.13 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-13).

## 6 Ezra 16.14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-14
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce mittuntur mala et non reuertentur, donec ueniant super terram.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, the evils are sent and will not turn back until they come upon the earth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.14 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-14).

## 6 Ezra 16.15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-15
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ignis succenditur et non extinguetur, donec consumat fundamenta terrae.

### English translation (Claude)

The fire is kindled and will not be quenched until it consumes the foundations of the earth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.15 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-15).

## 6 Ezra 16.16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-16
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quemadmodum non redit sagitta missa a sagittario ualido, sic non reuertentur mala quae missa fuerint in terram.

### English translation (Claude)

As an arrow shot by a mighty archer does not return, so the evils that have been sent upon the earth will not turn back.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.16 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-16).

## 6 Ezra 16.17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-17
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae mihi, uae mihi! quis me liberabit in illis diebus?

### English translation (Claude)

Woe is me, woe is me! Who will deliver me in those days?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.17 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-17).

## 6 Ezra 16.18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-18
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Initium dolorum et multi gemitus, initium famis et multi interient, initium bellorum et formidabunt potestates, initium malorum et trepidabunt omnes.

### English translation (Claude)

The beginning of pains, and much groaning; the beginning of famine, and many will perish; the beginning of wars, and the powers will be afraid; the beginning of evils, and all will tremble.

### Scripture references

- Matt 24:8: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.18 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-18).

## 6 Ezra 16.19

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-19
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

In his quid facient, cum uenerint mala?

### English translation (Claude)

What will they do in these things, when the evils come?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.19 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-19).

## 6 Ezra 16.20

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-20
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce fames et plaga et tribulatio et angustia missa sunt flagella in emendatione.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, famine and plague and tribulation and anguish are sent as scourges for correction.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.20 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-20).

## 6 Ezra 16.21

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-21
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et in his omnibus se non conuertent ab iniquitatibus suis, neque flagellorum memores erunt semper.

### English translation (Claude)

And in all these things they will not turn from their iniquities, nor will they always remember the scourges.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.21 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-21).

## 6 Ezra 16.22

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-22
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce erit annonae uilitas super terram sic ut putent sibi esse directam pacem, et tunc germinabunt mala super terram, gladius, fames et magna confusio.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, there will be cheapness of grain on the earth, so that they think peace is assured for them; and then evils will spring up on the earth, sword, famine and great confusion.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.22 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-22).

## 6 Ezra 16.23

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-23
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

A fame enim plurimi qui inhabitant terram interient, et gladius perdet ceteros qui superauerint a fame;

### English translation (Claude)

For very many of those who dwell on the earth will perish by famine, and the sword will destroy the rest who survive the famine;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.23 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-23).

## 6 Ezra 16.24

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-24
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et mortui tamquam stercora proicientur, et non erit qui consoletur eos; derelinquetur enim terra deserta, et ciuitates eius deicientur.

### English translation (Claude)

and the dead will be thrown out like dung, and there will be no one to console them; for the earth will be left desolate, and its cities will be thrown down.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.24 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-24).

## 6 Ezra 16.25

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-25
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Non derelinquetur qui colat terram et qui seminet eam.

### English translation (Claude)

No one will be left to till the earth and sow it.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.25 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-25).

## 6 Ezra 16.26

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-26
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ligna dabunt fructus, et quis uindemiabit illa?

### English translation (Claude)

The trees will give fruit, and who will gather it?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.26 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-26).

## 6 Ezra 16.27

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-27
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vua matura fiet, et quis calcabit illam? erit enim in locis magna desertio;

### English translation (Claude)

The grapes will ripen, and who will tread them? For there will be great desolation in the land;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.27 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-27).

## 6 Ezra 16.28

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-28
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Cupiet enim homo hominem uidere uel uocem eius audire;

### English translation (Claude)

for a man will long to see a man, or to hear his voice.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.28 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-28).

## 6 Ezra 16.29

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-29
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Relinquentur enim de ciuitate decem, et duo de agro qui absconderint se in densis nemoribus et fissuris petrarum.

### English translation (Claude)

For ten will be left from a city, and two from the field, who have hidden themselves in the thick woods and in the clefts of the rocks.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.29 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-29).

## 6 Ezra 16.30

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-30
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quemadmodum relinquentur in oliueto in singulis arboribus tres aut quattuor oliuae,

### English translation (Claude)

As in an olive grove three or four olives are left on each tree,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.30 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-30).

## 6 Ezra 16.31

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-31
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Aut sicut in uinea uindemiata racemi relinquentur ab his qui diligenter uineam scrutantur;

### English translation (Claude)

or as in a vineyard that has been harvested a few clusters are left by those who search the vineyard carefully,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.31 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-31).

## 6 Ezra 16.32

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-32
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sic relinquentur in diebus illis tres aut quattuor ab scrutantibus domus eorum in rumpheam.

### English translation (Claude)

so in those days three or four will be left by those who search their houses with the sword.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.32 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-32).

## 6 Ezra 16.33

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-33
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et relinquetur deserta terra, et agri eius in uepres erunt, et uiae eius et omnes semitae germinabunt spinas, eo quod non transient oues per eam.

### English translation (Claude)

And the earth will be left desolate, and its fields will turn to briars, and its roads and all its paths will grow thorns, because no sheep will pass through it.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.33 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-33).

## 6 Ezra 16.34

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-34
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Lugebunt uirgines non habentes sponsos, lugebunt mulieres non habentes uiros, lugebunt filiae earum non habentes adiutorium.

### English translation (Claude)

Virgins will mourn, having no bridegrooms; women will mourn, having no husbands; their daughters will mourn, having no helpers.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.34 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-34).

## 6 Ezra 16.35

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-35
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sponsi earum in bello consumentur, et uiri earum in fame exterentur.

### English translation (Claude)

Their bridegrooms will be destroyed in war, and their husbands will perish in famine.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.35 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-35).

## 6 Ezra 16.36

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-36
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Audite uero ista et cognoscite ea, serui domini.

### English translation (Claude)

But hear these things and understand them, servants of the Lord.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.36 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-36).

## 6 Ezra 16.37

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-37
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce uerbum domini, excipite eum, ne discredatis de quibus dicit dominus:

### English translation (Claude)

Behold the word of the Lord: receive it; do not disbelieve what the Lord says:

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.37 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-37).

## 6 Ezra 16.38

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-38
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce adpropinquant mala et non tardantur.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, the evils draw near and do not delay.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.38 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-38).

## 6 Ezra 16.39

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-39
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quemadmodum praegnans in nono mense filium suum, adpropinquante hora partus eius, ante horas duas uel tres gementes dolores circum uentrem eius, et prodiente infante de uentre non tardabit uno puncto,

### English translation (Claude)

As a pregnant woman in the ninth month, when the hour of her delivery draws near, has pains around her womb two or three hours before, and when the child comes out of the womb it does not delay a moment,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.39 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-39).

## 6 Ezra 16.40

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-40
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sic non morabuntur mala ad prodiendum super terram, et saeculum gemet et dolores circumtenent illum.

### English translation (Claude)

so the evils will not delay in coming forth upon the earth, and the world will groan, and pains will grip it on every side.

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:22: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.40 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-40).

## 6 Ezra 16.41

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-41
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Audite uerbum, plebs mea, parate uos in pugnam et in malis Sic estote quasi aduenae terrae;

### English translation (Claude)

Hear the word, my people: prepare yourselves for battle, and in the evils be like strangers on the earth:

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.41 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-41).

## 6 Ezra 16.42

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-42
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui uendit, quasi qui fugiet; et qui emit, quasi qui perditurus;

### English translation (Claude)

let him who sells be like one who will flee, and him who buys like one who will lose;

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 7:29–31: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.42 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-42).

## 6 Ezra 16.43

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-43
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui mercatur, quasi qui fructum non capiat; et qui aedificat, quasi non habitaturus;

### English translation (Claude)

let him who trades be like one who will not get the profit, and him who builds like one who will not live in it;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.43 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-43).

## 6 Ezra 16.44

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-44
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui seminat, quasi qui non metat; sic et qui putat, quasi non uindemiaturus;

### English translation (Claude)

let him who sows be like one who will not reap, and so him who prunes like one who will not gather the grapes;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.44 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-44).

## 6 Ezra 16.45

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-45
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui nubunt, sic quasi filios non facturi, et qui non nubunt, sic quasi uidui:

### English translation (Claude)

let those who marry be like those who will have no children, and those who do not marry like widowers.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 7:29: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Compare Paul's counsel in 1 Cor 7:29–31.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.45 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-45).

## 6 Ezra 16.46

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-46
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propter quod qui laborant sine causa laborant;

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore those who labour, labour in vain;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.46 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-46).

## 6 Ezra 16.47

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-47
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Fructus enim illorum alienigenae metent et substantiam illorum rapient et domus euertent et filios eorum captiuabunt, quia in captiuitate et fame generant natos suos.

### English translation (Claude)

for foreigners will reap their fruits and plunder their goods and overthrow their houses and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine they beget their children.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.47 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-47).

## 6 Ezra 16.48

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-48
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et qui negociantur negociantur in rapina, quamdiu exornant ciuitates et domus suas et possessiones et personas suas;

### English translation (Claude)

And those who trade, trade for plunder; the more they adorn their cities and houses and possessions and their own persons,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.48 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-48).

## 6 Ezra 16.49

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-49
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Tanto magis adzelabor eos super peccata, dicit dominus.

### English translation (Claude)

the more I will be jealous against them for their sins, says the Lord.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.49 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-49).

## 6 Ezra 16.50

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-50
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quomodo zelatur fornicariam mulierem idonea et bona ualde,

### English translation (Claude)

As a right and very good woman is jealous of a harlot,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.50 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-50).

## 6 Ezra 16.51

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-51
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Sic zelabitur iusticia iniquitatem cum exornat se, et accusat eam in faciem, cum uenerit qui defendat exquirentem omnem peccatum super terram.

### English translation (Claude)

so righteousness will be jealous of iniquity when she adorns herself, and will accuse her to her face, when he comes who will defend the one who searches out every sin on earth.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.51 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-51).

## 6 Ezra 16.52

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-52
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propterea nolite similari eam nec operibus eius.

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore do not be like her or like her works.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.52 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-52).

## 6 Ezra 16.53

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-53
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quoniam ecce adhuc pusillum et tolletur iniquitas a terra, et iusticia regnabit in nos.

### English translation (Claude)

For behold, yet a little while, and iniquity will be taken away from the earth, and righteousness will reign over us.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.53 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-53).

## 6 Ezra 16.54

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-54
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Non dicat peccator non se peccasse, quoniam carbones ignis comburet super caput eius qui dicit: non peccaui coram deo et gloria ipsius.

### English translation (Claude)

Let not the sinner say that he has not sinned; for he will burn coals of fire on the head of him who says, 'I have not sinned before God and his glory.'

### Scripture references

- Prov 25:22: echo, low confidence
- 1 John 1:8: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.54 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-54).

## 6 Ezra 16.55

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-55
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce dominus cognoscit omnia opera hominis et adinuentiones illorum et cogitatum illorum et corda illorum.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, and their devices, their thoughts and their hearts.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.55 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-55).

## 6 Ezra 16.56

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-56
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui dixit: fiat terra, et facta est: fiat caelum, et factum est:

### English translation (Claude)

He who said, 'Let the earth be made,' and it was made; 'Let the heaven be made,' and it was made;

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:1–10: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.56 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-56).

## 6 Ezra 16.57

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-57
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et in uerbo illius stellae fundatae sunt, et nouit numerum stellarum;

### English translation (Claude)

and at his word the stars were established, and he knows the number of the stars;

### Scripture references

- Ps 147:4 (146:4 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.57 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-57).

## 6 Ezra 16.58

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-58
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui scrutat abyssum et thesauros illorum, qui metitus est mare et conceptum eius;

### English translation (Claude)

he who searches the deep and its treasures, who has measured the sea and what it contains;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.58 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-58).

## 6 Ezra 16.59

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-59
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui conclusit mare in medio aquarum et suspendit terram super aquam uerbo suo;

### English translation (Claude)

who has shut in the sea in the midst of the waters and by his word hung the earth upon the water;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.59 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-59).

## 6 Ezra 16.60

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-60
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui extendit caelum quasi cameram et super aquas fundauit eum;

### English translation (Claude)

who spread out the heaven like a vault and founded it upon the waters;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.60 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-60).

## 6 Ezra 16.61

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-61
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui posuit in deserto fontes aquarum et super uertices montium lacus ad emittendum flumina ab eminenti ut potaret terra;

### English translation (Claude)

who placed springs of water in the desert and pools on the tops of the mountains, to send down rivers from the heights, that the earth might drink;

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.61 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-61).

## 6 Ezra 16.62

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-62
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Qui finxit hominem, et posuit cor in medio corporis, et misit ei spiritum et uitam et intellectum,

### English translation (Claude)

who formed man and put a heart in the midst of his body, and sent him spirit and life and understanding,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.62 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-62).

## 6 Ezra 16.63

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-63
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et spiramentum dei omnipotentis, qui fecit omnia et scrutinat absconsa in absconsis.

### English translation (Claude)

and the breath of God almighty, who made all things and searches out what is hidden in hidden places.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.63 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-63).

## 6 Ezra 16.64

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-64
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Certe hic nouit adinuentionem uestram et quae cogitatis in cordibus uestris. uae peccantibus et uolentibus occultare peccata sua.

### English translation (Claude)

Surely he knows your devices and what you think in your hearts. Woe to those who sin and wish to hide their sins!

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.64 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-64).

## 6 Ezra 16.65

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-65
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Propter quod dominus scrutinando scrutinabit omnia opera eorum et traducet uos omnes.

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore the Lord will strictly search out all their works and will expose you all.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.65 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-65).

## 6 Ezra 16.66

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-66
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et uos confusi eritis, cum processerint peccata uestra coram hominibus, et Iniquitates erint quae accusatores stabunt in die illo.

### English translation (Claude)

And you will be put to shame when your sins come out before men, and your iniquities will be the accusers that stand on that day.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.66 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-66).

## 6 Ezra 16.67

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-67
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quid facietis? aut quomodo abscondetis peccata uestra coram deo et angelis eius?

### English translation (Claude)

What will you do? Or how will you hide your sins before God and his angels?

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.67 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-67).

## 6 Ezra 16.68

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-68
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce iudex deus, timete eum; desinite a peccatis uestris et obliuiscimini iniquitates uestras iam agere eas sempiterno, et deus educabit uos et liberabit de omni tribulatione.

### English translation (Claude)

Behold, God is the judge; fear him. Cease from your sins and forget your iniquities, never to do them again, and God will lead you out and deliver you from all tribulation.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.68 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-68).

## 6 Ezra 16.69

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-69
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ecce enim incenditur ardor super uos turbae copiosae, et rapient quosdam ex uobis et cibabunt idolis occisam.

### English translation (Claude)

For behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled against you, and they will seize some of you and feed you what is sacrificed to idols.

### Translation notes

- Feeding Christians with idol-meat, and the uprising 'against those who fear the Lord', point to a time of persecution.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.69 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-69).

## 6 Ezra 16.70

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-70
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et qui consenserint eis, erint illis in derisum et in inproperium et in conculcationem;

### English translation (Claude)

And those who consent to them will be held in derision and reproach by them, and trodden underfoot.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.70 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-70).

## 6 Ezra 16.71

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-71
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Erit enim locis locus et in uicinas ciuitates exsurrectio multa super timentes dominum.

### English translation (Claude)

For there will be in place after place, and in the neighbouring cities, a great uprising against those who fear the Lord.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.71 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-71).

## 6 Ezra 16.72

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-72
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Erint quasi insani neminem parcentes ad diripiendum et deuastandum adhuc timentes dominum,

### English translation (Claude)

They will be like madmen, sparing no one, plundering and laying waste those who still fear the Lord,

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.72 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-72).

## 6 Ezra 16.73

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-73
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Quia deuastabunt et diripient substantias eorum et de domos suas eos eicient.

### English translation (Claude)

for they will lay waste and plunder their goods and drive them out of their houses.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.73 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-73).

## 6 Ezra 16.74

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-74
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Tunc parebit probatio electorum meorum, ut aurum quod probatur ab igne.

### English translation (Claude)

Then the testing of my chosen ones will appear, like gold that is tested by fire.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 1:7: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.74 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-74).

## 6 Ezra 16.75

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-75
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Audite, electi mei, dicit dominus, ecce adsunt dies tribulationis, et de his liberabo uos.

### English translation (Claude)

Hear, my chosen ones, says the Lord: behold, the days of tribulation are at hand, and I will deliver you from them.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.75 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-75).

## 6 Ezra 16.76

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-76
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Ne timeatis nec haesitemini, quoniam deus dux uester est.

### English translation (Claude)

Do not fear and do not doubt, for God is your leader.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.76 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-76).

## 6 Ezra 16.77

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-77
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Et qui seruatis mandata et praecepta mea, dicit dominus deus, ne praeponderent uos peccata uestra, nec supereleuent iniquitates uestrae.

### English translation (Claude)

And you who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, do not let your sins weigh you down, nor your iniquities lift themselves up over you.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.77 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-77).

## 6 Ezra 16.78

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-78
- Source: Bensly-James 1895
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

### Latin text

Vae qui constringuntur a peccatis suis et obteguntur ab iniquitatibus suis, quemadmodum ager constringitur a silua et spinis tegitur semina eius, per quem non transit homo, et excluditur et mittitur ad deuorationem ignis.

### English translation (Claude)

Woe to those who are bound by their sins and covered by their iniquities, as a field is choked by undergrowth and its seed covered with thorns, so that no one passes through it, and it is shut out and thrown to be consumed by fire.

### Citation (SBL)

6 Ezra 16.78 (Bensly-James 1895; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/esdrae-sextus/15-1/#p-16-78).