Matthew 24:19
King James Version
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
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Matthew 24:19
New International Version
19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!(A)
Luke 23:29-30
King James Version
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
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Luke 23:29-30
New International Version
29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’(A) 30 Then
Footnotes
- Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8
Luke 21:23
King James Version
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
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Luke 21:23
New International Version
23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Deuteronomy 28:53-56
King James Version
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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Deuteronomy 28:53-56
New International Version
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.(A) 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.(B) 56 The most gentle and sensitive(C) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(D)
Mark 13:17-18
King James Version
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
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Mark 13:17-18
New International Version
17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!(A) 18 Pray that this will not take place in winter,
Lamentations 4:10
King James Version
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Lamentations 4:10
New International Version
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
Hosea 13:16
King James Version
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
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Hosea 13:16
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Lamentations 4:3-4
King James Version
3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
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Lamentations 4:3-4
New International Version
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.(A)
2 Samuel 4:4
King James Version
4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
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2 Samuel 4:4
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4 (Jonathan(A) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(B) about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled.(C) His name was Mephibosheth.)(D)
2 Kings 15:16
King James Version
16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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2 Kings 15:16
New International Version
16 At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah(A) and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open(B) their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
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