40 So he answered me, “Go your way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she has fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the baby any longer within her.” (WEB) 41 Then I said, “No, Lord, that can it not.” He said to me, “In Hades, the chambers of souls are like the womb. (WEB) 42 For just like a woman in labor hurries to escape the anguish of the labor pains, even so these places hurry to deliver those things that are committed to them from the beginning. (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:40–42
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2 Esdras 5:50–52
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2 Esdras 8:8–10
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2 Esdras 16:37–39
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