Luke 23:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Matt 24:19 : 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!
  • Hos 13:16 : 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
  • Mark 13:17-19 : 17 But woe to those who are with child, and to those who nurse infants in those days! 18 And pray that your flight be not in the winter. 19 For 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 21:23-24 : 23 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. 24 And 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.
  • Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: 54 So that the man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. 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.
  • Hos 9:12-16 : 12 Though 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! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them; for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. 16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

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  • Matt 24:19
    81%

    19But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days!

  • Luke 21:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

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

    23But 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.

  • Mark 13:17
    80%

    17But woe to those who are with child, and to those who nurse infants in those days!

  • Luke 23:28
    78%

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

  • Luke 11:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    28But he said, On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.

  • Luke 23:30
    76%

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

  • Gal 4:27
    75%

    27For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.'

  • Isa 32:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10In many days and years you shall be troubled, you careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

    11Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your waists.

    12They shall lament for the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

  • Hos 9:14
    73%

    14Give them, O LORD: what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

  • Exod 23:26
    72%

    26No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

  • Isa 54:1
    71%

    1Sing, O barren, you who did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
    71%

    5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread; and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger: so that the barren has borne seven; and she who has many children has become feeble.

  • Jer 16:3
    71%

    3For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who begot them in this land:

  • Job 24:21
    71%

    21He does evil to the barren who does not bear, and shows no kindness to the widow.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Hos 9:12
    71%

    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!

  • Matt 23:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38See, your house is left to you desolate.

    39For I say to you, You shall not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

  • Luke 13:35
    70%

    35Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly I say to you, You shall not see me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

  • Luke 19:43-44
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    70%

    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
    70%

    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.

  • Isa 51:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18There is none to guide her among all the sons she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand of all the sons she has raised.

    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?

  • Jer 22:23
    69%

    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!

  • Isa 65:23
    69%

    23They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

  • Deut 28:41
    69%

    41You shall beget sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

  • Prov 30:16
    69%

    16The grave, and the barren womb, the earth that is never filled with water, and the fire that never says, It is enough.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

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

  • Isa 66:11
    69%

    11That you may nurse and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

  • Luke 6:21
    69%

    21Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.

  • Matt 2:18
    69%

    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.

  • Jer 31:29
    69%

    29In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

  • Jer 15:9
    69%

    9She that has borne seven languishes: she has given up the ghost; her sun has gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the LORD.

  • John 16:21
    68%

    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.

  • Lam 4:10
    68%

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

  • Jer 14:16
    68%

    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.

  • Jer 31:15
    68%

    15Thus says the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

  • Hos 13:13
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 7:14
    68%

    14You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

  • Lam 4:4
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    4The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.

  • Luke 6:23
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    23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

  • Mic 4:9
    68%

    9Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like a woman in labor.

  • Isa 66:9
    68%

    9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God.