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Summary
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
I have heard
Spreadeth
For my
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Bible References
I have heard
Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in labor.
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
Jeremiah 13:21 What will you say when He appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 22:23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 30:6 Ask and see
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 48:41 The towns have been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
Jeremiah 49:22
Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Isaiah 13:8 They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 21:3 Therefore I am filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Hosea 13:13 Labor pains come on him.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
He is not a wise son;
when the time comes,
he will not be born.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Spreadeth
Isaiah 1:15 When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
Lamentations 1:17
פ PeZion stretches out her hands;
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure among them.
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure
For my
Genesis 27:46
So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?”
Job 10:1 I am disgusted with my life.
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Because
Jeremiah 14:18 If I go out to the field,
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill from famine!
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.
Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore, hand their children over to famine,
and pour the sword’s power on them.
Let their wives become childless and widowed,
their husbands slain by deadly disease,
their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
and pour the sword’s power on them.
Let their wives become childless and widowed,
their husbands slain by deadly disease,
their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Lamentations 1:20
ר ReshLord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;
my heart is broken,
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.
I am churning within;
my heart is broken,
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.
Lamentations 2:21
שׁ ShinBoth young and old
are lying on the ground in the streets.
My young men and women
have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of Your anger,
slaughtering without compassion.
are lying on the ground in the streets.
My young men and women
have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of Your anger,
slaughtering without compassion.
Ezekiel 9:5
He spoke as I listened to the others, “Pass through the city after him and start killing; do not show pity or spare them!
Ezekiel 23:46
“This is what the Lord God says: Summon an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
General references
Isaiah 26:17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so we were before You, Lord.
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so we were before You, Lord.