Psalm 48:6
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6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(A)
Isaiah 13:8
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8 They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.(A)
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 16:11
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11 Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,(A)
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
Isaiah 26:17-18
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17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,(A)
so we were before you, Lord.
18 We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;
we gave birth to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.
Jeremiah 4:31
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31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,(A)
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:(B)
“Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!”
Jeremiah 6:24
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24 We have heard about it,
and our hands have become weak.
Distress has seized us—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 22:23
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23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.(A)
Footnotes
- 22:23 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied
Jeremiah 30:6
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6 Ask and see
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?(A)
Jeremiah 50:43
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43 The king of Babylon has heard about them;
his hands have become weak.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)
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