Isaiah 26:17

New American Bible - revised edition

As a woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we before you, Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said: I will intensify your toil in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Psalm 48:6

When they looked they were astounded; terrified, they were put to flight!

Isaiah 13:8

and they are terrified, Pangs and sorrows take hold of them, like a woman in labor they writhe; They look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish, pangs have seized me like those of a woman in labor; I am too bewildered to hear, too dismayed to look.

Isaiah 37:3

“Thus says Hezekiah: A day of distress and rebuke, a day of disgrace is this day! Children are due to come forth, but the strength to give birth is lacking.

Jeremiah 30:6

Inquire and see: does a male give birth? Why, then, do I see all these men, their hands on their loins Like women in labor, all their faces drained of color?

Jeremiah 4:31

Yes, I hear the cry, like that of a woman in labor, like the anguish of a mother bearing her first child— The cry of daughter Zion gasping, as she stretches out her hands: “Ah, woe is me! I sink exhausted before my killers!”

Jeremiah 6:24

We hear news of them; our hands hang helpless, Anguish takes hold of us, pangs like a woman in childbirth.

John 16:21

When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Revelation 12:2

She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.