There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Matthew 24:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All these events are the beginning of labour pains. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All these are the beginning of sorrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish]. American Standard Version (1901) But all these things are the beginning of travail. Common English Bible But all these things are just the beginning of the sufferings associated with the end. Catholic Public Domain Version But all these things are just the beginning of the sorrows. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows. |
There will be nothing to do except crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have consumed Israel with open mouths. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over Israel’s young men and has no compassion on its fatherless and widows, for everyone is a godless evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Labour pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes, he will not be born. ,
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
he will bring wondrous plagues on you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic diseases.
When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.