Jeremiah 48:41

Contemporary English Version 1995

Your cities and fortresses will be captured, and your warriors as fearful as women giving birth.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:3

I'm in terrible pain like a woman giving birth. I'm shocked and hurt so much that I can't hear or see.

Isaiah 13:8

Everyone will tremble with pain like a woman giving birth; they will stare at each other with horror on their faces.

Jeremiah 49:22

An enemy will swoop down to attack you, like an eagle spreading its wings and circling over Bozrah. Your warriors will be as fearful as women giving birth.

Jeremiah 30:6

Can men give birth? Then why do I see them looking so pale and clutching their stomachs like women in labor?

Jeremiah 6:24

Then the people said, “Just hearing about them makes us tremble with fear, and we twist and turn in pain like a woman giving birth.”

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Jeremiah 51:30

The Babylonian soldiers have lost their strength and courage. They stay in their fortresses, unable to fight, while the enemy breaks through the city gates, then sets their homes on fire.

Jeremiah 50:43

Ever since your king heard about this army, he has been weak with fear; he twists and turns in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 49:24

You people of Damascus have lost your courage, and in panic you turn to run, gripped by fear and pain.

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem, gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 4:9

The Lord said, “When all this happens, the king and his officials, the prophets and the priests will be shocked and terrified.”

Jeremiah 48:24

Kerioth, and Bozrah.

Jeremiah 50:37

Then your chariot horses and the foreigners in your army will refuse to go into battle, and the enemy will carry away everything you treasure.

Amos 2:2

Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab