Cross References

- Advertisements -




Hosea 13:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Labour pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes, he will not be born.  ,

See the chapter Copy

23 Cross References  

They said to him, ‘This is what Hezekiah says: “Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace.  It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.


They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labour. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.


As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you,  Lord.


They said to him, ‘This is what Hezekiah says: “Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth,  but there is no strength to deliver them.


When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction  will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.


A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.


For he says: At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.   , See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!


Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgement to come,  Felix became afraid and replied, ‘Leave for now, but when I have an opportunity I’ll call for you.’


Damascus has become weak; she has turned to run; panic has gripped her. Distress and labour pains have seized her like a woman in labour.


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 labour and every face turned pale?


You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan  when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labour.


What will you say when he appoints close friends as leaders over you, ones you yourself trained? Won’t labour pains seize you, as they do a woman in labour?


I hear a cry like a woman in labour, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: ‘Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers! ’


‘Will I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it? ’ says the Lord; ‘or will I who deliver, close the womb? ’ says your God.


Therefore I am  filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labour. I am too perplexed to hear, too dismayed to see.


When a woman is in labour, she has pain   because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child,   she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.


Is this how you repay the  Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator?  , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?


Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the  Lord.





Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements