2 Esdras 5:51-53

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵¹ He replied to me, ‘Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you. ⁵² Say to her, “Why are those whom you have borne recently not like those whom you bore before, but smaller in stature?” ⁵³ And she herself will answer you, “Those born in the strength of youth are different from those born during the time of old age, when the womb is failing.”