Micah 4:9

Why are you crying so loud now? There's no king among you, is there? Perhaps your advisor has died? For pain has overtaken you like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen! My people cry from a distant land: "Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her king no longer there?" "Why did they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign gods?"

Isaiah 3:1-7

"Note this! The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah everything that your society needs all food supplies and all water supplies,

Isaiah 13:8

They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.

Isaiah 21:3

Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.

Isaiah 26:17

Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Jeremiah 22:23

You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 30:6-7

Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard the news about them, and his hands hang limp. Distress has seized him, like a woman in labor.

Lamentations 4:20

The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."

Hosea 3:4

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.

Hosea 10:3

From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'

Hosea 13:10-11

Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, "Give me a king and officials!'?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

Bible References

Why

Jeremiah 4:21
How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 8:19
Listen! My people cry from a distant land: "Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her king no longer there?" "Why did they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign gods?"
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?

Is there

Isaiah 3:1
"Note this! The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah everything that your society needs all food supplies and all water supplies,
Lamentations 4:20
The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."
Hosea 3:4
Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.
Hosea 10:3
From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'
Hosea 13:10
Now where is your king? Will he save you in all your cities? And where are your judges, about whom you demanded, "Give me a king and officials!'?

For

Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.
Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my body is racked with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am so upset that I cannot hear; I am so frightened that I cannot see while I'm reeling around.
Isaiah 26:17
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD.
Jeremiah 22:23
You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?
Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon has heard the news about them, and his hands hang limp. Distress has seized him, like a woman in labor.

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