2 Esdras 5:47-54

1. 47 And I said, She cannot: but must do it by distance of time.

2. 48 Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

3. 49 For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.

4. 50 And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.

5. 51 He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.

6. 52 Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?

7. 53 And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.

8. 54 Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.

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