2 Esdras 10:16

16 For if you acknowledge the decree of God to be just, you will receive your son back in due time, and will be praised among women.

2 Esdras 10:16 In-Context

14 then I say to you, "Just as you brought forth in sorrow, so the earth also has from the beginning given her fruit, that is, humankind, to him who made her.'

15 Now, therefore, keep your sorrow to yourself, and bear bravely the troubles that have come upon you.

16 For if you acknowledge the decree of God to be just, you will receive your son back in due time, and will be praised among women.

17 Therefore go into the town to your husband."

18 She said to me, "I will not do so; I will not go into the city, but I will die here."