Jeremiah 4:31
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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
Lamentations 1:17
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17 (A)Zion [a]spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob
That those (B)around him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:17 Prays
Isaiah 1:15
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Jeremiah 13:21
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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
Isaiah 13:8
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8 And they will be afraid.
(A)Pangs[a] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:8 Sharp pains
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (A)sudden destruction comes upon them, (B)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for (A)necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
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Matthew 21:5
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5 “Tell(A) the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
Micah 7:1
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Sorrow for Israel’s Sins
7 Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who (A)glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which (B)my soul desires.
Hosea 13:13
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13 (A)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.
Ezekiel 23:46-47
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46 “For thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47 (B)The assembly shall stone them with stones and [a]execute them with their swords; (C)they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.
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- Ezekiel 23:47 Lit. cut down
Ezekiel 9:5-6
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5 To the others He said in my [a]hearing, “Go after him through the city and (A)kill;[b] (B)do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. 6 (C)Utterly[c] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but (D)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and (E)begin at My sanctuary.” (F)So they began with the elders who were before the [d]temple.
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- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. ears
- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. strike
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. Slay to destruction
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. house
Lamentations 2:21
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21 “Young(A) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the (B)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.
Lamentations 1:20
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20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (A)soul[a] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(B)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts
Jeremiah 50:43
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43 “The king of Babylon has (A)heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in (B)childbirth.
Jeremiah 49:24
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24 Damascus has grown feeble;
She turns to flee,
And fear has seized her.
(A)Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in [a]labor.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:24 childbirth
Jeremiah 49:22
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22 Behold, (A)He shall come up and fly like the eagle,
And spread His wings over Bozrah;
The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
Jeremiah 48:41
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41 Kerioth is taken,
And the strongholds are surprised;
(A)The mighty men’s hearts in Moab on that day shall be
Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
Jeremiah 45:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
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Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask now, and see,
Whether a [a]man is ever in [b]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
(A)Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:6 Lit. male can give birth
- Jeremiah 30:6 childbirth
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?
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- Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth
Jeremiah 18:21
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21 Therefore (A)deliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And (B)bereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.
Jeremiah 15:18
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18 Why is my (A)pain perpetual
And my wound incurable,
Which refuses to be healed?
Will You surely be to me (B)like an unreliable stream,
As waters that [a]fail?
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- Jeremiah 15:18 Or cannot be trusted
Jeremiah 14:18
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18 If I go out to (A)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (B)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
Jeremiah 10:19
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19 (A)Woe is me for my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I say, (B)“Truly this is an infirmity,
And (C)I must bear it.”
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