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 hath never adventured the sole of her foot to set it upon the ground, through delicateness and through tenderness, her eye shall be jealous of the husband of her bosom, and of her own son, and of her own daughter;
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches, pour out, like waters, thy heart, right before the face of My Lord, - Lift up, above thee, the palms of thy hands, for the life of thy children, who are swooning for hunger, at the top of all the streets!
Lamentations 4:3
Even wild dogs, draw out the breast, give suck to their whelps - The daughter of my people, hath become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Yahweh - what wilt thou give? Give them, a miscarrying womb, and breasts dried up.
Hosea 13:16
Samaria, shall be held guilty, for she hath rebelled against her God, By the sword, shall they fall, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, and, his women with child, shall be ripped up.
Matthew 24:19
But alas! for the women with child, and for them that are giving suck, in those days;
Luke 21:23
Alas! for the women with child, and for them who are giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and anger against this people.
Luke 23:29
For lo! days are coming, in which they will say - Happy the barren! even the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.