Jeremiah 48:41

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

the towns shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The hearts of the warriors of Moab, on that day, shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:8

and they will be terrified. Pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now and see: Can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?

Jeremiah 4:31

For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one bringing forth her first child, the cry of daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before killers!”

Jeremiah 4:9

On that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail the king and the officials; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.

Jeremiah 48:24

and Kerioth, and Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.

Jeremiah 49:22

Look, he shall mount up and swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom on that day shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus has become feeble; she turned to flee, and panic seized her; anguish and pangs seize her, as of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:37

A sword against her horses and against her chariots and against all the foreign troops in her midst, so that they may become women! A sword against her treasures, that they may be plundered!

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon heard news of them, and his hands fell helpless; anguish seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have given up fighting; they remain in their strongholds; their strength has failed; they have become women; her buildings are set on fire; her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 6:24

“We have heard news of them; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.

Amos 2:2

So I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!