Jeremiah 48:41

New American Bible - revised edition

Cities are captured, strongholds seized: On that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors become like the heart of a woman in labor.

Cross References

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.

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 4:9

In that day—oracle of the Lord— The king will lose heart, and the princes; the priests will be horrified, and the prophets stunned.

Jeremiah 48:24

on Kerioth and on Bozrah: on all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

Jeremiah 49:22

Look! like an eagle he soars aloft, and spreads his wings over Bozrah; On that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors become like the heart of a woman in labor. Against Damascus.

Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus loses heart, turns to flee; panic has seized it. Distress and pangs take hold, like the pain of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:37

A sword upon their motley throng, and they become women! A sword upon their treasures, and they are plundered;

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hears news of them, and his hands hang helpless; Anguish takes hold of him, like the pangs of a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have ceased to fight, they remain in their strongholds; Dried up is their strength, they have become women. Burned down are their homes, broken their gates.

Jeremiah 6:24

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

Amos 2:2

I will send fire upon Moab, and it will devour the strongholds of Kerioth; Moab shall meet death amid uproar, battle cries and blasts of the ram’s horn.

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.