Jeremiah 48:41
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41 (A)the cities shall be taken
and the strongholds seized.
(B)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
like the heart of (C)a woman in her birth pains;
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 13:8
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8 They will be dismayed:
(A)pangs and agony will seize them;
(B)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
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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Jeremiah 49:22
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22 Behold, (A)one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against (B)Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart (C)of a woman in her birth pains.”
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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 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.
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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Jeremiah 51:30
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30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
(A)they have become women;
(B)her dwellings are on fire;
(C)her bars are broken.
Jeremiah 50:43
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43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 49:24
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24 (A)Damascus has become feeble, (B)she turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as (C)of a woman in labor.
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 26:17-18
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17 (A)Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
18 (B)we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
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