Isaiah 26:17-18
New King James Version
17 As (A)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her [a]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, [b]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have (B)the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:17 sharp pains
- Isaiah 26:18 given birth to
Jeremiah 4:1
New King James Version
Jeremiah Laments over Judah
4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
(A)“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
Jeremiah 4:31
New King James Version
31 “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in [a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She (A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is [b]weary
Because of murderers!’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:31 childbirth
- Jeremiah 4:31 faint
Jeremiah 6:22-24
New King James Version
22 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, a people comes from the (A)north country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice (B)roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
(C)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in [a]labor.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:24 childbirth
Jeremiah 13:9-10
New King James Version
9 “Thus says the Lord: ‘In this manner (A)I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great (B)pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who (C)refuse to hear My words, who (D)follow[a] the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing.
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- Jeremiah 13:10 walk in the stubbornness or imagination
Jeremiah 13:21
New King James Version
21 What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not (A)pangs seize you,
Like a woman in [a]labor?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:21 childbirth
Hosea 13:9-13
New King James Version
9 “O Israel, [a]you are destroyed,
But [b]your help is from Me.
10 [c]I will be your King;
(A)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom (B)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 (C)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.
12 “The(D) iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
13 (E)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
- Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help
- Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?
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