53 She also will answer you, ‘Those who are born in the strength of youth are different from those who are born in the time of old age, when the womb fails.’ (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:53
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2 Esdras 5:48–50
48 Then said he to me, “Even so, I have given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their own times. (WEB) 49 For just as a young child may not give birth, neither she who has grown old any more, even so have I organized the world which I created.” (WEB) 50 I asked,… (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:39–41
39 Perhaps it is for our sakes that the threshing time of the righteous is kept back—because of the sins of those who dwell on the earth.” (WEB) 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 ma… (WEB)
2 Baruch 10:13–15
13 And you, ye bridegrooms, enter not in, And let not the brides adorn themselves with garlands And, ye women, pray not that ye may bear. (2BA) 14 For the barren shall above all rejoice, And those who have no sons shall be glad, And those who have sons shall have anguish. (2BA) 15 … (2BA)
2 Esdras 8:8–10
8 Because you give life to the body that is now fashioned in the womb, and give it members, your creature is preserved in fire and water, and your workmanship endures nine months as your creation which is created in it. (WEB) 9 But that which keeps and that which is kep… (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:11–13
11 Who then should mourn more, she who has lost so great a multitude, or you, who are grieved but for one? (WEB) 12 But if you say to me, ‘My lamentation is not like the earth’s, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows… (WEB)
Jeremiah 30:5–7
5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace. 6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? 7 How awful that day wil…
Visions 20:1–2
1 "But in the second vision thou sawest her standing, and with her countenance more youthful and more gladsome than before; but her flesh and her hair aged. Listen to this parable also," saith he. (HER) 2 "Imagine an old man, who has now lost all hope of himself by reas… (HER)
Book of Enoch 98:4–6
4 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, as a mountain has not become a slave, And a hill does not become the handmaid of a woman, Even so sin has not been sent upon the earth, But man of himself has created it, And under a great curse shall they fall who commit it. (ENO)
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