Jeremiah 30:6

Tree of Life Version

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?

Cross References

Psalm 48:6

They saw, then they were astounded, they fled in terror.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my body is filled with pain. Pangs have taken hold of me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bewildered by what I hear, terrified by what I see.

Isaiah 29:22

Therefore, thus says Adonai, Redeemer of Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob will no longer be ashamed, no longer will his face grow pale;

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 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come on you, pain like a woman in travail!

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 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 6:24

“We have heard of their fame. Our hands hang limp; anguish has gripped us, pain like a woman in labor.

Daniel 5:6

The color drained from the king’s face, his thoughts alarmed him, his hips gave way and his knees began knocking together.

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.

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.