2 Esdras 16:37

37 The calamities draw near, and are not delayed.

2 Esdras 16:37 In-Context

35 Listen now to these things, and understand them, you who are servants of the Lord.

36 This is the word of the Lord; receive it and do not disbelieve what the Lord says.

37 The calamities draw near, and are not delayed.

38 Just as a pregnant woman, in the ninth month when the time of her delivery draws near, has great pains around her womb for two or three hours beforehand, but when the child comes forth from the womb, there will not be a moment's delay,

39 so the calamities will not delay in coming upon the earth, and the world will groan, and pains will seize it on every side.