Jeremiah 30:6

Good News Translation

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?

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

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

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 29:22

So now the Lord, the God of Israel, who rescued Abraham from trouble, says, “My people, you will not be disgraced any longer, and your faces will no longer be pale with shame.

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 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 48:41

and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:22

The enemy will attack Bozrah like an eagle swooping down with outspread wings. On that day Edom's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.”

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.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylonia hears the news, and his hands hang limp. He is seized by anguish, by pain like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 6:24

“We have heard the news,” say the people of Jerusalem, “and our hands hang limp; we are seized by anguish and pain like a woman in labor.

Daniel 5:6

He turned pale and was so frightened that his knees began to shake.

Hosea 13:13

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.

Joel 2:6

As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate! Hearts melt with fear; knees tremble, strength is gone; faces grow pale.

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.