38 Just as a woman with child in the ninth month, when the hour of her delivery draws near, within two or three hours great pains surround her womb, and when the child comes out from the womb, there will be no waiting for a moment, (WEB) 39 even so the calamities won’t delay coming upon the earth. The world will groan, and sorrows will seize it on every side. (WEB) 40 “O my people, hear my word: prepare for battle, and in those calamities be like strangers on the earth. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:38–40
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