Jeremiah 6:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.”

Cross References

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. She was gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 30:6

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

Jeremiah 13:21

You once trusted them to help, but now I'll let them rule you. What do you say about that? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Isaiah 28:19

Morning, noon, and night an overwhelming flood will wash you away. The terrible things that happen will teach you this lesson:

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.

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.

Habakkuk 3:16

When I heard this message, I felt weak from fear, and my lips quivered. My bones seemed to melt, and I stumbled around. But I will patiently wait. Some day those vicious enemies will be struck by disaster.

Jeremiah 22:23

Those who live in the palace panelled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth.

Psalm 48:6

They trembled all over like women giving birth

Daniel 5:9

and they were completely puzzled. Now the king was more afraid than ever before, and his face turned white as a ghost.

Jeremiah 48:41

Your cities and fortresses will be captured, and your warriors gripped by fear.

Ezekiel 7:17

Your hands will tremble, and your knees will go limp.