Isaiah 26:17

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As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her labor pains, so were we in Your presence, LORD.

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  • John 16:21 : 21 When a woman is in labor, she has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
  • Isa 13:8 : 8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will grip them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at each other in dismay, their faces aflame.
  • Isa 21:3 : 3 Therefore my body is filled with trembling; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over by what I heard; I am dismayed by what I saw.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 They saw it and were astounded; they were terrified and fled in alarm.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like a woman giving birth to her first child—the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: 'Woe is me! My life is fainting before the killers.'
  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  • Jer 30:6 : 6 Ask now and see: Can a man give birth? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 26:18
    88%

    18We were pregnant, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and no one is born to inhabit the world.

  • Jer 6:24
    81%

    24We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

  • Isa 26:16
    80%

    16LORD, in their distress they sought You; they poured out whispered prayers when Your discipline was upon them.

  • Isa 21:3
    79%

    3Therefore my body is filled with trembling; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over by what I heard; I am dismayed by what I saw.

  • Mic 4:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seizes you like a woman in labor?

    10Writhe in pain and groan, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city and camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

  • Jer 30:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5This is what the LORD says: We have heard a sound of terror—a cry of fear, not peace.

    6Ask now and see: Can a man give birth? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, and every face turned pale?

    7Alas! That day is great, so that there is none like it. It is a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.

  • Jer 4:31
    76%

    31I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, anguish like a woman giving birth to her first child—the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: 'Woe is me! My life is fainting before the killers.'

  • Isa 66:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before the pain came, she delivered a son.

    8Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

    9'Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver?' says the Lord. 'Or shall I, who causes delivery, shut the womb?' says your God.

  • Jer 22:23
    76%

    23You who live in Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, anguish like that of a woman in labor!

  • Isa 42:14
    75%

    14For a long time, I have kept silent; I have held my peace and restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry out; I will gasp and pant together.

  • Rev 12:2
    75%

    2She was pregnant and cried out in labor, in the agony of giving birth.

  • Ps 48:6
    74%

    6They saw it and were astounded; they were terrified and fled in alarm.

  • John 16:21
    74%

    21When a woman is in labor, she has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • Isa 13:8
    73%

    8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will grip them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at each other in dismay, their faces aflame.

  • Rom 8:22
    73%

    22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

  • Isa 59:11
    73%

    11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us.

  • Hos 13:13
    72%

    13The pains of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; when it is time, he does not come to the opening of the womb.

  • Jer 13:21
    72%

    21What will you say when He appoints leaders over you, those you taught to be rulers? Will not pain seize you like a woman in labor?

  • Jer 50:43
    72%

    43The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish grips him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

  • Ps 44:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Awake, Lord! Why do You sleep? Rouse Yourself; do not reject us forever.

    25Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?

  • Lam 1:20
    71%

    20See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

  • Jer 14:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Have You utterly rejected Judah? Does Your soul loathe Zion? Why have You struck us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace, but no good has come; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

    20We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.

  • Jer 9:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'

    19'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'

  • Ps 66:11
    71%

    11You brought us into the snare; You placed burdens on our backs.

  • Lam 1:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16"Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."

    17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

  • Lam 1:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to stay alive. "Look, LORD, and consider, for I am despised."

    12"Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.

  • Lam 2:20
    70%

    20Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their own children, the little ones they have cherished? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

  • Lam 5:5
    70%

    5We are pursued with burdens upon our necks; we are weary and find no rest.

  • Jer 15:9
    70%

    9The mother of seven has grown weak and faint; she has breathed her last. Her sun has set while it was still day; she has been disgraced and humiliated. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword in the presence of their enemies,' declares the LORD.

  • Isa 51:19
    70%

    19These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?

  • Nah 2:10
    70%

    10Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the abundance of all treasures.

  • Lam 2:11
    70%

    11My eyes are worn out from weeping, my inner being is in turmoil; my heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people, as children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

  • Isa 33:2
    70%

    2LORD, be gracious to us! We have waited for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in times of distress.

  • Lam 4:17
    69%

    17Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

  • Jer 8:15
    69%

    15We hoped for peace, but no good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but there is only terror.

  • Jer 20:18
    69%

    18Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

  • Ps 123:3
    69%

    3Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn.

  • Mark 13:17
    69%

    17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!