4 Maccabees 16:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ “Look at how I gave birth seven times all for nothing! Seven pregnancies, without anything to show for it! Years of fruitless childcare and years of miserable nursing! ⁸ My sons, I bore the long pains of labor for you and even more stress in raising you for no reason!

⁹ “Look at my children! Some aren’t married, others are married, but none of them have children! Now I will never see your children or have the pleasure of being a grandmother.