Isa 26:17, 1Th 5:3 | ESV | STEP | Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth , so were we because of you, O Lord ;

b Luke 21:34; [Ps. 35:8; Luke 17:26-30; 2 Thess. 1:9]

Isaiah 26:17

17 ^aLike a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;

1 Thessalonians 5:3

3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^bsudden destruction will come upon them ^cas labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.