2 Esdras 4:33-35

Common English Bible

³³ I answered: “Where and when will these things be? Why are our years few and evil?”

³⁴ He answered: “Don’t be in a greater hurry than the Most High. You hurry only for yourself, but the Most High on behalf of many. ³⁵ Didn’t the souls of the just in their resting places ask about these things, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here,^[a] and when will the harvest of our reward come?’