Jeremiah 6:24

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

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

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 28:19

Whenever it passes, it shall seize you; morning after morning it shall pass, by day and by night. Sheer terror to impart the message!

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when rulers are appointed over you, those you taught to be allies? Will not pains seize you like those of a woman giving birth?

Jeremiah 22:23

You who dwell on Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, How you shall groan when pains come upon you, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth!

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 48:41

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

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 50:43

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.

Ezekiel 7:17

All their hands will hang limp, and all their knees turn to water.

Daniel 5:9

Then King Belshazzar was greatly terrified; his face became pale, and his nobles were thrown into confusion.

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and my body trembles; at the sound, my lips quiver. Decay invades my bones, my legs tremble beneath me. I await the day of distress that will come upon the people who attack us.

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.