Jeremiah 48:41

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The cities are captured, and the strongholds are seized. On that day, the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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  • 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.
  • 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?
  • Jer 49:22 : 22 Behold, an eagle will come up and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. On that day, the hearts of Edom's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
  • Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seizes you like a woman in labor? 10 Writhe 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.
  • 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.
  • Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus has grown weak; she turns to flee, and trembling has seized her. Anguish and pain have gripped her like a woman in labor.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The 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.
  • Jer 51:30 : 30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength has failed; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.
  • Isa 26:17-18 : 17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her labor pains, so were we in Your presence, LORD. 18 We 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 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.'

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  • Jer 48:31
    78%

    31Therefore, I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab. For the men of Kir-heres, I will mourn.

  • Jer 48:38-40
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    77%

    38On every rooftop of Moab and in its public squares, there is nothing but lamentation. For I have broken Moab like a jar no one wants, declares the LORD.

    39How shattered Moab is! Cry out! How Moab has turned his back in shame. So Moab will become a ridicule and a horror to all his neighbors.

    40For this is what the LORD says: Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.

  • Jer 48:3-5
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    77%

    3A cry of distress comes from Horonaim: great destruction and devastation!

    4Moab is broken! A cry is heard; even her young ones make their distress known.

    5For at the ascent of Luhith, weeping goes with the steps; as they descend to Horonaim, cries of destruction are heard from the enemy.

  • Jer 48:42-47
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    77%

    42Moab will be destroyed as a people, because he exalted himself against the LORD.

    43Terror, pit, and snare await you, O inhabitant of Moab, declares the LORD.

    44The one who flees from the terror will fall into the pit, and the one climbing out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.

    45In the shadow of Heshbon, the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. It devours the corner of Moab and the crown of the noisy boasters.

    46Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh are destroyed. Your sons have been taken into exile, and your daughters into captivity.

    47Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

  • Jer 49:22
    77%

    22Behold, an eagle will come up and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. On that day, the hearts of Edom's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

  • Jer 48:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24to Kerioth, to Bozrah, and to all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.

    25The horn of Moab is cut off, and her arm is broken, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 48:36
    76%

    36Therefore, my heart moans for Moab like the sound of flutes; it moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres, because their accumulated wealth has perished.

  • Jer 48:13-20
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    13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

    14How can you say, 'We are warriors, men mighty in battle'?

    15Moab is devastated, and its towns have been destroyed! The best of its young men have gone down to slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

    16The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and her disaster is rushing swiftly.

    17Mourn for her, all you who surround her, and all who know her name; say, 'How the mighty rod of strength and the glorious staff is broken!'

    18Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.

    19Stand by the road and watch, inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, 'What has happened?'

    20Moab is put to shame, for it is shattered. Wail and cry out! Proclaim at the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

  • Jer 48:1
    75%

    1This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured; the mighty stronghold is humbled and shattered.

  • Isa 16:11-12
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    75%

    11Therefore, my heart moans like a lyre for Moab, and my innermost being for Kir Hareseth.

    12When Moab appears, weary on the high places, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

  • Jer 48:8-9
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    8The destroyer will come to every city, and no city will escape. The valley will perish, and the plateau will be destroyed, for the LORD has spoken.

    9Give Moab wings so she may fly away, for her cities will become desolate, with no one living in them.

  • Isa 16:7
    74%

    7Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab—everyone will wail. Mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, utterly stricken and grieving.

  • Isa 15:1
    73%

    1An oracle concerning Moab: In the night, Ar of Moab was devastated and destroyed. In the night, Kir of Moab was devastated and destroyed.

  • Isa 16:2
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    2Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.

  • Isa 15:4-5
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    73%

    4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore, the armed men of Moab cry out, and their souls are filled with dread.

    5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, like a three-year-old heifer. They go up weeping by the ascent of Luhith. On the way to Horonaim, they raise a cry of destruction.

  • Ps 48:6
    73%

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

  • Amos 2:2
    72%

    2'So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in great tumult, with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.'

  • Isa 15:8
    72%

    8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab. Its wailing reaches Eglaim, and its lamentation goes all the way to Beer Elim.

  • Jer 51:30
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    30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds. Their strength has failed; they have become like women. Her dwellings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.

  • Exod 15:15
    71%

    15The chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the leaders of Moab tremble; the inhabitants of Canaan melt away.

  • Jer 48:28-29
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    71%

    28Abandon your cities and dwell among the rocks, O inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest in the sides of the cave's opening.

    29We have heard of Moab's pride—so very proud—his arrogance, pride, conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart.

  • Jer 6:24
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    24We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

  • Ezek 25:9
    71%

    9therefore, I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning with its frontier cities—the pride of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

  • Jer 50:43
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    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.

  • Hos 10:14
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    14the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.

  • Jer 49:24
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    24Damascus has grown weak; she turns to flee, and trembling has seized her. Anguish and pain have gripped her like a woman in labor.

  • Isa 13:8
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    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.

  • Jer 48:33
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    33Joy and gladness have been taken from the fertile fields and the land of Moab. I have stopped the wine flowing from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. There is no joyful shouting.

  • Isa 21:3
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    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.