Isaiah 13:8

Tree of Life Version

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe as a woman in labor; they will look aghast at one another— their faces aflame!

Cross References

2 Kings 19:26

Their inhabitants are weak-handed, shattered and ashamed They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up.

Psalm 48:7

Trembling seized them there, pain like a woman in labor.

Isaiah 26:17

As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so we were before You, Adonai.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say, when He sets up the allies you cultivated for yourself, over you as head? Will not labor pains seize you, like a woman in travail?

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now, and see whether a man can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, like a woman giving birth? Why have all faces turned pale?

Jeremiah 4:31

For I heard a cry like one in labor, the anguish of one giving birth to her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands saying, “Oy , now to me! For my soul faints before murderers.”

Jeremiah 46:5

Why have I seen them? They are shattered, retreating, their warriors beaten, fleeing for cover, no turning back, terror on every side!” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 48:41

The towns are captured, the strongholds seized. The hearts of Moab’s warriors in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, he will mount up and swoop down like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The hearts of Edom’s warriors in that day will be like a woman’s heart in her pangs.

Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus has become feeble. She turns away to flee, panic grips her, anguish and pangs have seized her, like a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 50:43

Babylon’s king heard news of them. His hands droop; anguish grabs him, agony like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.

Hosea 13:13

Pains of birth come on him. He is not a wise son. When the time comes, he should not delay at the opening of the womb.

Joel 2:6

Before them peoples are in anguish. All faces become ashen gray.

Nahum 2:10

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end of treasure— glory from everything precious.

John 16:21

“When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come. But when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.