Psa 48:5-6, Isa 21:3-4, 26:17, Jer 30:6, 50:43, Dan 5:5-6, 1Th 5:3 | ESV | STEP | As soon as they saw it, they were astounded ; they were in panic ; they took to flight .

Psalms 48:5-6

5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 ^aTrembling took hold of them there,
anguish ^bas of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 21:3-4

3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
^cpangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
^dthe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.

Isaiah 26:17

17 ^eLike 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;

Jeremiah 30:6

6 Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
^fWhy then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach ^glike a woman in labor?
^hWhy has every face turned pale?

Jeremiah 50:43

43 “The king of Babylon heard the report of them,
and his hands fell helpless;
anguish seized him,
pain as of a woman in labor.

Daniel 5:5-6

5 ⁱImmediately ^jthe fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw ^kthe hand as it wrote. 6 ^lThen the king’s color changed, ^mand his thoughts alarmed him; ⁿhis limbs gave way, and ^ohis knees knocked together.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

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