Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Famines
These
Sorrows
General references
Bible References
Famines
Acts 11:28
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.
These
Matthew 24:8 All these events are the beginning of birth pains.
Sorrows
Psalm 48:6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
Isaiah 37:3
They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
Jeremiah 4:31 I hear a cry like a woman in labor,
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!
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 6:24 We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in labor.
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in
Jeremiah 13:21 What will you say when He appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,
as they do a woman in labor?
Jeremiah 22:23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
and his hands fall helpless.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.
Micah 4:9 Now, why are you shouting loudly?
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
General references
Isaiah 29:6 you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.