Isaiah 13:8

God's Word

They’ll be terrified. Pain and anguish will seize them. They’ll writhe like a woman giving birth to a child. They’ll look at one another in astonishment. Their faces will be burning red.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:26

Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, scorched before it sprouted.

Psalm 48:7

With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish.

Isaiah 26:17

O Lord, when we are with you, we are like pregnant women ready to give birth. They writhe and cry out in their labor pains.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when God makes the people you thought were your friends your new masters? Won’t pain grip you like a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now, and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion are gasping for breath. They are stretching out their hands, saying, “How horrible it is for us! We’re defenseless in the presence of murderers!”

Jeremiah 46:5

“What do I see in them? They are terrified. They are retreating. Their warriors are defeated. They flee without looking back. Terror is all around them,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:41

The cities will be taken, and the fortified places will be captured. On that day Moab’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.

Jeremiah 49:22

The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Bozrah. On that day Edom’s soldiers will be like women in childbirth.

Jeremiah 49:24

The people of Damascus are weak. They turn to flee, but panic grips them. Anguish and pain grip them like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

Ezekiel 20:47

Tell the forest in the Negev, ‘Listen to the Lord’s word. This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.

Hosea 13:13

They have the opportunity to live again, but they are not smart enough to take it. They are like a baby who is about to be born but won’t come out of its mother’s womb.

Joel 2:6

People are terrified in their presence. Every face turns pale.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, demolished. Hearts are melting. Knees are knocking. Every stomach becomes upset. Every face turns pale.

John 16:21

A woman has pain when her time to give birth comes. But after the child is born, she doesn’t remember the pain anymore because she’s happy that a child has been brought into the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.