Luke 21:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

But woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

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  • Luke 23:29 : 29 For indeed, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed.
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
  • Heb 9:12-17 : 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in effect after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.
  • Heb 10:26-31 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
  • Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
  • Lam 4:10 : 10 The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Matt 21:41 : 41 They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
  • Matt 21:44 : 44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!
  • Mark 13:17 : 17 But woe to those who are with child, and to those who nurse infants in those days!
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.
  • Luke 19:43 : 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side,

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  • Matt 24:19-21
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    19But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!

    20But pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

    21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

  • Mark 13:17-19
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    17But woe to those who are with child, and to those who nurse infants in those days!

    18And pray that your flight be not in the winter.

    19For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.

  • Luke 21:20-22
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    20And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

    21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of it depart out, and let not those who are in the countries enter into it.

    22For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

  • Luke 23:28-30
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    28But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

    29For indeed, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed.

    30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

  • Luke 21:24-25
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    24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

  • Luke 19:43-44
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    43For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side,

    44And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.

  • Jer 4:31
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    31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

  • Deut 28:56-57
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    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

  • Mark 13:8
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    8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in various places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

  • Jer 22:23
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    23O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in labor!

  • Jer 30:6-7
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    6Ask now, and see whether a man is in labor with a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale?

    7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

  • Isa 51:19
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    19These two things have come upon you; who shall feel sorry for you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you?

  • Isa 13:8
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    8And they will be afraid: pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in labor: they will be amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames.

  • Luke 6:25
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    25Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

  • Rev 12:2
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    2And she was with child, and she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.

  • Luke 21:10-11
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    10Then he said to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

    11And great earthquakes shall be in various places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

  • Matt 23:36
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    36Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

  • John 16:21
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    21A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world.

  • 1 Thess 5:3
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    3For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Lam 4:10
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    10The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Matt 24:8
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    8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

  • Jer 6:24
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    24We have heard the report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.

  • Mark 13:14
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    14But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let the reader understand,) then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains:

  • Luke 21:35
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    35For as a snare shall it come on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

  • Mic 4:10
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    10Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you shall go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there you shall be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

  • Jer 14:16
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    16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

  • Matt 2:18
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    18In Ramah there was a voice heard, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were no more.

  • Luke 21:6
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    6As for these things which you behold, the days will come when there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Luke 11:27
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    27And it happened, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have nursed.

  • Jer 13:21
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    21What will you say when he shall punish you? For you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall sorrows not take hold of you, as a woman in labor?

  • Hos 13:13
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    13The sorrows of a laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Hos 9:12
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    12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left; yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!

  • Isa 26:17
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    17Like a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in Your sight, O LORD.

  • Matt 24:16
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    16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  • Isa 32:12
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    12They shall lament for the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.