Hosea 13:13

Good News Translation

Israel has a chance to live, but is too foolish to take it—like a child about to be born, who refuses to come out of the womb.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:3

This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: “Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.

Psalm 48:6

There they were seized with fear and anguish, like a woman about to bear a child,

Proverbs 22:3

Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

Isaiah 13:8

They will all be terrified and overcome with pain, like the pain of a woman in labor. They will look at each other in fear, and their faces will burn with shame.

Isaiah 21:3

What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 26:17

You, Lord, have made us cry out, as a woman in labor cries out in pain.

Isaiah 37:3

This is the message which he told them to give to Isaiah: “Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.

Isaiah 66:9

Do not think that I will bring my people to the point of birth and not let them be born.” The Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when people you thought were your friends conquer you and rule over you? You will be in pain like a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 22:23

You rest secure among the cedars brought from Lebanon; but how pitiful you'll be when pains strike you, pains like those of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 30:6

Now stop and think! Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why is everyone so pale?

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard a cry, like a woman in labor, a scream like a woman bearing her first child. It was the cry of Jerusalem gasping for breath, stretching out her hand and saying, “I am doomed! They are coming to kill me!”

Jeremiah 49:24

The people of Damascus are weak and have fled in terror. They are in pain and misery like a woman in labor.

Hosea 5:4

The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

John 16:21

When a woman is about to give birth, she is sad because her hour of suffering has come; but when the baby is born, she forgets her suffering, because she is happy that a baby has been born into the world.

Acts 24:25

But as Paul went on discussing about goodness, self-control, and the coming Day of Judgment, Felix was afraid and said, “You may leave now. I will call you again when I get the chance.”

2 Corinthians 6:2

Hear what God says: “When the time came for me to show you favor, I heard you; when the day arrived for me to save you, I helped you.” Listen! This is the hour to receive God's favor; today is the day to be saved!

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the way you should treat the Lord, you foolish, senseless people? He is your father, your Creator, he made you into a nation.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “Everything is quiet and safe,” then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.