Jer 4:31, 6:24, 13:21, 22:23, 49:24, Mic 4:9-10, Joh 16:21, 1Th 5:3 | ESV | STEP | For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor , anguish as of one giving birth to her first child , the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath , stretching out her hands , Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers .

h[See ver. 23 above]

i[ch. 46:5]

j[See ver. 22 above]

k Jer. 8:19

rSee Isa. 44:22, 23

s Isa. 26:17; [Ps. 48:6; Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3; Rev. 12:2]

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

uSee Isa. 13:8

Jeremiah 4:31

31 For I heard ^aa cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
^bstretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”

Jeremiah 6:24

24 We have heard the report of it;
^cour hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
^dpain as of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 13:21

21 What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?
^eWill not pangs take hold of you
like those of a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 22:23

23 O inhabitant of ^fLebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
^gpain as of a woman in labor!”

Jeremiah 49:24

24 ^hDamascus has become feeble, ⁱshe turned to flee,
and panic seized her;
anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,
as ^jof a woman in labor.

Micah 4:9-10

9 Now why do you cry aloud?
^kIs there no king in you?
^lHas your counselor perished,
that ^mpain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 ⁿWrithe and groan, ^{▼▼Or push} O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for ^pnow you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you ^qshall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
^rthere the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.

John 16:21

21 ^sWhen a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

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