2 Esdras 5:52

52 Say to her, "Why are those whom you have borne recently not like those whom you bore before, but smaller in stature?'

2 Esdras 5:52 In-Context

50 Then I inquired and said, "Since thou hast now given me the opportunity, let me speak before thee. Is our mother, of whom thou hast told me, still young? Or is she now approaching old age?"

51 He replied to me, "Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you.

52 Say to her, "Why are those whom you have borne recently not like those whom you bore before, but smaller in stature?'

53 And she herself will answer you, `Those born in the strength of youth are different from those born during the time of old age, when the womb is failing.'

54 Therefore you also should consider that you and your contemporaries are smaller in stature than those who were before you,