2 Esdras 10:16

16 If you declare the decree of God to be just, you will receive your son back in due time and also be praised among women.

2 Esdras 10:16 In-Context

14 I would then say to you, ‘As you gave birth with grief, so also from the beginning the earth yielded its fruit, humanity, to him who made it.'

15 Therefore, keep your grief to yourself, and bear valiantly whatever misfortunes befall you.

16 If you declare the decree of God to be just, you will receive your son back in due time and also be praised among women.

17 Therefore, go into the city to your husband." She said to me,

18 "I will not, and I will not go into the city, but I will die here."