Revelation 12:2

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

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  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My dear children, I am again suffering birth pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.
  • 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 53:11 : 11 After his suffering, he will see the result and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
  • Isa 66:7-9 : 7 Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before the pain came, she delivered a son. 8 Who 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.
  • Mic 5:3 : 3 He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth! Break forth into song and shout with joy, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman, says the Lord.
  • Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.'

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    1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

  • Rev 12:3-7
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    3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a large fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads.

    4Its tail swept a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.

    5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched up to God and to His throne.

    6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God to be taken care of for 1,260 days.

    7Then there was a war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

  • Rev 12:12-17
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    12Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.

    13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

    14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle so that she might fly to the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

    15Then, out of his mouth, the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the flood.

    16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

    17Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

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    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.

  • Isa 26:17-18
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    17As 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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    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.

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    19Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

  • Mark 13:17
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    17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

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    5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

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  • Mic 4:9-10
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    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?

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  • Hos 13:13
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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.

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    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?

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    5On her forehead was written a name: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth.'

    6I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed.

    7Then the angel said to me, 'Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.'

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  • Rom 8:22
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