2 Esdras 16:38
“As when a woman with childe in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, within two or three houres of her birth great paines compasse her wombe, which paines, when the child commeth forth, they slacke not a moment,”
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2 Esdras 16:38 Context
36Behold the word of the Lord, receiue it, beleeue not the gods of whom the Lord spake. 37Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slacke. 38As when a woman with childe in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, within two or three houres of her birth great paines compasse her wombe, which paines, when the child commeth forth, they slacke not a moment, 39Euen so shall not the plagues bee slacke to come vpon the earth, and the world shall mourne, and sorrowes shal come vpon it on euery side. 40O my people, Heare my word: make you ready to the battell, and in those euils, be euen as pilgrimes vpon the earth.
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As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment:
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