Isaiah 21:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:8

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.

Isaiah 26:17

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

1 Thessalonians 5:3

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.

Jeremiah 48:41

The towns have   been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Isaiah 16:11

Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and I trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress to come against the people invading us.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard about them; his hands have become weak. Distress has seized him – pain, like a woman in labour.

Jeremiah 49:22

Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upwards, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Isaiah 16:9

So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out over Moab, whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; they go up the Ascent of Luhith weeping; they raise a cry of destruction on the road to Horonaim.

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening! ” and in the evening you will say, “If only it were morning! ” #– #because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

John 16:21

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.

Jeremiah 4:19

My anguish, my anguish!  I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in   my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn – the shout of battle.

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard about it, and our hands have become weak. Distress has seized us – pain, like a woman in labour.