43 and she told you of the death of her son, this is the interpretation: (WEB) 44 This woman, whom you saw, is Zion, whom you now see as a city being built. (WEB) 45 She told you that she had been barren for thirty years because there were three thousand years in the world in which there was no offering as yet offered in her. (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:43–45
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2 Esdras 10:48–50
48 When she said to you, ‘My son died when he entered into his marriage chamber, and that misfortune befell her,’ this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem. (WEB) 49 Behold, you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to comfort her for what has… (WEB)
2 Esdras 9:42–44
42 I said to her, “What ails you? Tell me.” (WEB) 43 She said to me, “I, your servant, was barren and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years. (WEB) 44 Every hour and every day these thirty years I made my prayer to the Most High day and night. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 17:5–7
5 Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as you are established as honorable before God, and fixed in the sky with your sons whom you illuminated with religion to the stars. (WEB) 6 For your bearing of children was after the manner of a child of… (WEB) 7 … (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:27–29
27 didn’t lean to that which would have saved her children for the safety of a brief space. (WEB) 28 But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude. (WEB) 29 O holy mother of a nation, avenger of the law, defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affec… (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:50–52
50 I asked, “Seeing that you have now shown me the way, I will speak before you. Is our mother, of whom you have told me, still young? Or does she now draw near to old age?” (WEB) 51 He answered me, “Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you. (WEB) 52 Say to her, ‘Why a… (WEB)
Book of Jubilees 16:2–4
2 And Sarah laughed, for she heard that we had spoken these words with Abraham, and we admonished her, and she became afraid, and denied that she had laughed on account of the words. (JUB) 3 And we told her the name of her son, as his name is ordained and written in the… (JUB)
Greek Daniel 13:43–45
43 You know that they have testified falsely against me. Behold, I must die, even though I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.” (WEB) 44 The Lord heard her voice. (WEB) 45 Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the hol… (WEB)
Baruch 4:8–10
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