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) 43 Then you will be shown those things which you desire to see.” (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:40–43
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