2 Esdras 10:14

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

2 Esdras 10:14 In-Context

12 But if you say to me, `My lamentation is not like the earth's, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth in pain and bore in sorrow;

13 but it is with the earth according to the way of the earth -- the multitude that is now in it goes as it came';

14 then I say to you, `As you brought forth in sorrow, so the earth also has from the beginning given her fruit, that is, man, 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.