2 Esdras 16:37-39

Common English Bible

³⁷ Here is the Lord’s word. Accept it. Don’t disbelieve the things that the Lord speaks about. ³⁸ Look, the disasters are approaching and won’t be delayed. ³⁹ A woman in the ninth month of pregnancy, when the hour for giving birth arrives, experiences great pains around her womb for two or three hours beforehand, but when the infant is ready to come forth from the womb she doesn’t delay for a moment.