Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

Bible References

The days

Luke 21:23
But woe be to them that be with child, and to them that give suck in those days, for there shall be great trouble in the land: and wrath over all this people.
Matthew 24:19
Woe shall be in those days to them that are with child, and to them that give suck.
Mark 13:17
But woe is then to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.

Blessed

Deuteronomy 28:53
"And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body; the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in that straitness and siege wherewith thine enemy shall besiege thee:
Hosea 9:12
And though they bring up any, yet will I make them childless among men. Yea, woe shall come to them, when I depart from them.
Hosea 13:16
As for Samaria, they shall be made waste. And why? They are disobedient unto their God. They shall perish with the sword, their children shall be slain, and their women great with child shall be ripped up.

General references

Jeremiah 16:2
"Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.
Matthew 24:19
Woe shall be in those days to them that are with child, and to them that give suck.
Mark 13:17
But woe is then to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.
Luke 3:9
Now also is the axe laid unto the root of the trees: So that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire."