Micah 4:9

Free Bible Version

So why are you screaming aloud? Don't you have a king? Has the king who advises you died so that pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

Cross References

Isaiah 13:8

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they will suffer like a woman giving birth. They will look in shock at each other, their faces burning in fear.

Isaiah 21:3

As a result my body is filled with agony. I'm overwhelmed with pain, like the pain of a woman giving birth. I am confused by what I hear; I am distressed by what I see.

Isaiah 26:17

Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.

Jeremiah 22:23

You who live in “Lebanon” in your cedar nest, how much you're going to groan when agonizing pains hit you like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 30:10

As far as you're concerned, my servant Jacob, don't be afraid, declares the Lord, Israel, don't be discouraged. I promise to save you from your distant places of exile, your descendants from the countries where they're being held captive. The descendants of Jacob will go home to a quiet and comfortable life, free from any threats.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long do I have to see the flags of war and hear the trumpets of battle?”

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear the cries like a woman in labor, the agonizing moans of a woman giving birth to her first child. These are the cries of the Daughter of Zion gasping for air, holding out her hands, saying, “Please help me—I'm being murdered!”

Jeremiah 48:41

Kirioth has been conquered, and the fortresses captured. At that time Moab's warriors will be as scared as a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard the news and he's terrified. He's overcome with fear, in pain like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to my people crying out for help from a distant land, asking “Isn't the Lord present in Zion anymore? Has her King left?” Why have they made me angry, worshiping their carved images and their useless foreign idols?

Lamentations 4:20

The king, the Lord's anointed, our country's “life-breath,” was trapped and captured by them. We had said about him, “Under his protection we will live among the nations.”

Hosea 10:3

Then they will say, “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord, and yet what would a king do for us?”

Hosea 13:13

The pain of childbirth has come to them, trying to give birth to a son who is not “wise” because he is not in the right position when the time comes.

Hosea 3:4

For the people of Israel shall be without a king or a prince, without a sacrifice or a stone pillar or a pagan image or an idolatrous shrine for a long time.

Micah 5:3

So the Lord will give up on them until the woman in labor has given birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the people of Israel.

John 16:21

A woman in labor suffers pain because her time has come, but once the baby is born, she forgets the agony because of the joy that a child has been brought into the world.

Revelation 12:2

She was pregnant, and she cried out because of her labor pains, groaning as she was giving birth.