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.
The days
Blessed
General references
Bible References
The days
Luke 21:23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.
Matthew 24:19
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
Mark 13:17
But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
Blessed
Deuteronomy 28:53
You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."
General references
Jeremiah 16:2
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Matthew 24:19
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
Mark 13:17
But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
Luke 3:9
Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."