Jeremiah 6:24
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
Jeremiah 4:31
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!
Jeremiah 49:24
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Isaiah 21:3
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Isaiah 28:19
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror
to understand the message.
Jeremiah 4:19-21
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 13:21
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 30:6
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?
Psalm 48:6
agony like that of a woman in labor,
Proverbs 1:27-28
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Jeremiah 4:6-9
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.
Jeremiah 22:23
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Ezekiel 21:6-7
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
Micah 4:9-10
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
Habakkuk 3:16
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction
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Summary
Anguish
General references
Bible References
We have
Run for cover! Don’t stand still!
For I am bringing disaster from the north—
a great destruction.
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror
to understand the message.
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.
Anguish
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
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?
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
agony like that of a woman in labor,
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
General references
writhes and cries out in her pains,
so we were before You, Lord.