Revelation 12:2
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2 She was pregnant and (A)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
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Revelation 12:4
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4 His tail swept down (A)a third of the stars of heaven and (B)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (C)he might devour it.
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Galatians 4:19
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19 (A)my little children, (B)for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ (C)is formed in you!
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John 16:21
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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.
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Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written,
(A)“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”
Micah 5:3
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3 Therefore he shall give them up (A)until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then (B)the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
Isaiah 66:7-9
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Rejoice with Jerusalem
7 (A)“Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she delivered a son.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For (B)as soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.
Isaiah 53:11
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11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[a] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (A)the righteous one, my servant,
(B)make many to be accounted righteous,
(C)and he shall bear their iniquities.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
Isaiah 54:1
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The Eternal Covenant of Peace
54 (A)“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of (B)the desolate one (C)will be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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