2 Esdras 4:32-34

Common English Bible

³² When the innumerable ears of grain are sown, how great a threshing floor will they begin to make!”

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.