Psa 48:6, Isa 13:6-8, 21:2-4, Jer 6:24, 30:6, Mat 2:3 | ESV | STEP | Trembling took hold of them there , anguish as of a woman in labor .

Psalms 48:6

6 ^aTrembling took hold of them there,
anguish ^bas of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 13:6-8

6 ^cWail, for ^dthe day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike} it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart ^fwill melt.
8 They will be dismayed:
^gpangs and agony will seize them;
^hthey will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.

Isaiah 21:2-4

2 A stern vision is told to me;
ⁱthe traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O ^jElam;
lay siege, O ^kMedia;
all the ^lsighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
^mpangs 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;
ⁿthe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.

Jeremiah 6:24

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

Jeremiah 30:6

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

Matthew 2:3

3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;