2 Esdras 4:41-43

Common English Bible

⁴¹ I said, “It can’t, Lord.”

He said to me: “The underworld^[a] and the resting places of the souls are like the womb. ⁴² As the one who gives birth hastens to escape the distress of giving birth, so these also hasten to give back those things that were entrusted to them from the beginning. ⁴³ Then you will be shown the things you want to see.”