Jeremiah 6:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

trembling took hold of them there, pains as of a woman in labor,

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.

Isaiah 28:19

As often as it passes through, it will take you, for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night, and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you have trained to be your allies? Will not pangs seize you like those of a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!

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 48:41

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.

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 50:43

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

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall grow feeble, all knees turn to water.

Daniel 5:9

Then King Belshazzar became greatly terrified, and his face turned pale, and his lords were perplexed.

Habakkuk 3:16

I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones, and my steps tremble beneath me. I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon the people who attack us.

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!