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Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
(A)Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach (B)like a woman in labor?
(C)Why has every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 30:6
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Jeremiah 30:6
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Nahum 2:10
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Nahum 2:10
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Joel 2:6
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Joel 2:6
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6 Before them peoples are in anguish;
(A)all faces grow pale.
Joel 2:6
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Joel 2:6
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Jeremiah 4:31
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Jeremiah 4:31
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31 For I heard (A)a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
(B)stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
(A)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.
Isaiah 21:3
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Isaiah 21:3
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)
Hosea 13:13
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Hosea 13:13
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13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(B)at the opening of the womb.
Hosea 13:13
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Hosea 13:13
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of (A)Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor!”
Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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24 We have heard the report of it;
(A)our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
(B)pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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Psalm 48:6
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John 16:21-22
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John 16:21-22
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21 (A)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 (B)So also you have sorrow now, but (C)I will see you again, and (D)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
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John 16:21-22
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John 16:21-22
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21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain(A) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So with you: Now is your time of grief,(B) but I will see you again(C) and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.(D)
Micah 4:9-10
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Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
(A)Is there no king in you?
(B)Has your counselor perished,
that (C)pain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 (D)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for (E)now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you (F)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
(G)there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
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Micah 4:9-10
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Micah 4:9-10
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9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[a](A)?
Has your ruler[b] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(B)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(C)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(D) you
out of the hand of your enemies.
Daniel 5:6
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Daniel 5:6
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6 (A)Then the king's color changed, (B)and his thoughts alarmed him; (C)his limbs gave way, and (D)his knees knocked together.
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Daniel 5:6
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Daniel 5:6
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6 His face turned pale(A) and he was so frightened(B) that his legs became weak(C) and his knees were knocking.(D)
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