Jeremiah 48:41

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

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.

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 4:9

The Lord said, “On that day kings and officials will lose their courage; priests will be shocked and prophets will be astonished.”

Jeremiah 48:24

Kerioth, and Bozrah. Judgment has come on all the cities of Moab, far and near.

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 50:37

Destroy its horses and chariots! Death to its hired soldiers— how weak they are! Destroy its treasures; plunder and loot.

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 51:30

The Babylonian soldiers have stopped fighting and remain in their forts. They have lost their courage and have become helpless. The city gates are broken down, and the houses are on fire.

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.

Amos 2:2

I will send fire upon the land of Moab and burn down the fortresses of Kerioth. The people of Moab will die in the noise of battle while soldiers are shouting and trumpets are sounding.

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.