Jeremiah 49:22

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Summary

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

He shall

Hosea 8:1

The heart of the

Bible References

He shall

The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!

This is what Jehovah says: 'Look! Someone is coming like an eagle diving down from the sky and spreading its wings over Moab.

Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

The first was like a LION. It had eagle's wings. I watched till the wings were pulled off. It was lifted up from the earth and made to stand upon two feet like a man. A man's heart and mind was given to it.

Sound the alarm on the trumpet. The enemy swoops down on Jehovah's Temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my covenant promise and rebelled against my Law.

The heart of the

The people of Damascus are weak and have fled in terror. They are in pain and misery like a woman in labor.

I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion gasp for breath. They stretch out their hands and say: How horrible it is for us! My life is exhausted by the presence of murderers!

We have heard the report! Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us! We have pain like a woman in childbirth.

What will you say when God makes the people you thought were your friends your new masters? Will pain grip you like a woman in labor?

You who dwell in Lebanon nested in the cedars. How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!

Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?

The towns of Moab will be captured. The strong walled cities will be defeated. Then Moab's warriors will be frightened like a woman who is giving birth.'

The cords of the grave surrounded me. The snares of death confronted me.

They will be terrified! Pains and anguish will possess them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another in amazement with their faces reddened with excitement (aflame).

What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.

Like a woman with child and about to give birth struggles and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Jehovah.

When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.