Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it a desolation.
It mourns, desolate, before Me.
All the land is desolate,
but no one takes it to heart.

Mark 16:15

Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Psalm 48:6

Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,

John 16:21

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

Revelation 12:2

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

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Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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Romans 8:20

Mark 16:15

Colossians 1:23

Groaneth

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For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope

Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Groaneth

Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,

They have made it a desolation.
It mourns, desolate, before Me.
All the land is desolate,
but no one takes it to heart.

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

General references

Every creature perished—those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.

If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

As long as it lies desolate, it will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived there.

How the animals groan!
The herds of cattle wander in confusion
since they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.