Micah 4:9
Why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? Has pain taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?
Jeremiah 8:19
Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: Is Jehovah not in Zion? Is her King not within her? Why have they provoked me with their graven images, with foreign idols?
Isaiah 3:1-7
Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified! Pains and anguish will possess them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another in amazement with their faces reddened with excitement (aflame).
Isaiah 21:3
What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor.
Isaiah 26:17
Like a woman with child and about to give birth struggles and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O Jehovah.
Jeremiah 4:21
How long must I see the battle flag and hear the sound of rams' horns?
Jeremiah 22:23
You who dwell in Lebanon nested in the cedars. How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!
Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?
Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and he loses courage. Anguish will grip him as pain grips a woman in labor.
Lamentations 4:20
The breath of our nostrils, Jehovah's anointed have been captured in their pits. We said, Under the shadow we live among the nations.
Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel will live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim.
Hosea 10:3
These people will soon say: 'We have no king because we did not respect Jehovah. What could a king do for us anyway?'
Hosea 13:10-11
Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: 'Give us kings and officials!'