Isaiah 21:3
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3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.(A)
Isaiah 13:8
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8 and they will be terrified.
Pangs and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.(A)
Isaiah 26:17
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17 Like a woman with child
about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we because of you, O Lord;(A)
Psalm 48:6
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6 trembling took hold of them there,
pains as of a woman in labor,
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pangs have seized you like a woman in labor?(A)
10 Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go forth from the city
and camp in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hands of your enemies.(B)
Footnotes
- 4.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 48:41
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41 the towns[a] shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
The hearts of the warriors of Moab, on that day,
shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.(A)
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- 48.41 Or Kerioth
Isaiah 16:11
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11 Therefore my heart moans like a harp for Moab
and my very soul for Kir-heres.(A)
Habakkuk 3:16
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16 I hear, and I tremble within;
my lips quiver at the sound.
Rottenness enters into my bones,
and my steps tremble[a] beneath me.
I wait quietly for the day of calamity
to come upon the people who attack us.(A)
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- 3.16 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Daniel 5:5-6
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The Writing on the Wall
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.(A) 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.(B)
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Jeremiah 50:43
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43 The king of Babylon heard news of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 49:22
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22 Look, he shall mount up and swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom on that day shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.(A)
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Isaiah 16:9
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9 Therefore I weep as Jazer weeps
for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench you with my tears,
O Heshbon and Elealeh,
for the shout over your fruit harvest
and your grain harvest has ceased.(A)
Isaiah 15:5
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5 My heart cries out for Moab;
his fugitives flee to Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah.
For at the ascent of Luhith
they go up weeping;
on the road to Horonaim
they raise a cry of destruction;(A)
Deuteronomy 28:67
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67 In the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread that your heart shall feel and the sights that your eyes shall see.(A)
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