Matthew 24:19

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Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

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  • Deut 28:53-56 : 53 Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you. 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.
  • 2 Sam 4:4 : 4 Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan's deaths came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
  • 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were there, along with its surrounding territories, because they refused to open their gates. He struck the town and ripped open all its pregnant women.
  • Lam 4:3-4 : 3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the nursing infant clings to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
  • Lam 4:10 : 10 The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Mark 13:17-18 : 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18 Pray that this will not happen in winter.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
  • Luke 23:29-30 : 29 For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' 30 Then they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:14-19
    6 verses
    95%

    14When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be, as spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

    15Let the one who is on the rooftop not go down or enter the house to take anything out.

    16And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

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

    18Pray that this will not happen in winter.

    19For those days will be a time of tribulation unlike anything that has occurred from the beginning of creation, which God made, until now, and will never occur again.

  • Luke 21:20-24
    5 verses
    90%

    20When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

    21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not enter it.

    22For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

    24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

  • Matt 24:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    20Pray that your escape may not happen in winter or on the Sabbath.

    21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again.

    22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

  • Luke 23:28-30
    3 verses
    81%

    28But Jesus turned to them and said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

    29For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

    30Then they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

  • Matt 24:15-18
    4 verses
    80%

    15'So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),'

    16'then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.'

    17'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'

    18And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

  • 1 Thess 5:3
    74%

    3While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

  • Rev 12:2
    73%

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

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    73%

    56The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter.

    57She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.

  • Isa 13:8
    72%

    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.

  • Luke 17:31
    72%

    31On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything.

  • Matt 24:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.'

    8'All these are the beginning of birth pains.'

  • Hos 9:12
    71%

    12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

  • Isa 51:19
    71%

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

  • Mark 13:24
    71%

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

  • Matt 24:39-41
    3 verses
    71%

    39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

    40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

    41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

  • Jer 6:24
    70%

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

  • Jer 30:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Lam 4:10
    70%

    10The compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Matt 24:29
    70%

    29Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.

  • Luke 6:25
    70%

    25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  • Luke 19:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

    44They will crush you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.

  • Isa 32:11
    70%

    11Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you who feel secure! Strip yourselves bare and put on sackcloth around your waists.

  • Matt 24:37
    70%

    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Jer 4:31
    70%

    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.'

  • Luke 21:35
    69%

    35For it will come upon all who live on the face of the earth as a snare.

  • Hos 13:13
    69%

    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.

  • Luke 11:27
    69%

    27As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, 'Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!'

  • John 16:21
    69%

    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.