Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out thy heart like water before the face of LORD. Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young sons, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Lamentations 4:3
Even the jackals draw out the breast; they give suck to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Hosea 9:14
Give them, O LORD--what will thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Matthew 24:19
And woe to those who have in the womb and to those who suckle in those days.
Luke 21:23
But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.
Luke 23:29
Because, behold, the days are coming, during which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the bellies that gave no birth, and the breasts that did not suckle.