Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
A miscarrying womb
General references
Bible References
What
Hosea 9:13 I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
Matthew 24:19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
Mark 13:17 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
Luke 21:23 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Luke 23:29 Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’
1 Corinthians 7:26
Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.
A miscarrying womb
Job 21:10 Their bulls breed without fail;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
General references
Mark 13:17 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!