Luke 23:29

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For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’

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  • Matt 24:19 : 19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
  • Hos 13:16 : 16 (14:1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground– their pregnant women will be ripped open.
  • Mark 13:17-19 : 17 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! 18 Pray that it may not be in winter. 19 For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.
  • Luke 21:23-24 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  • Deut 28:53-57 : 53 You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you. 54 The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children. 55 He will withhold from all of them his children’s flesh that he is eating(since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages. 56 Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children(since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
  • Hos 9:12-16 : 12 Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them. 13 Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter. 14 Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse! 15 Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels. 16 Ephraim will be struck down– their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.

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  • Matt 24:19
    81%

    19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • Luke 21:22-23
    2 verses
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    22because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

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

  • Mark 13:17
    80%

    17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • Luke 23:28
    78%

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

  • Luke 11:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him,“Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”

    28But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey 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 woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”

  • Isa 32:10-12
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    10In a year’s time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

    11Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves– put sackcloth on your waist!

    12Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!

  • Hos 9:14
    73%

    14Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

  • Exod 23:26
    72%

    26No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

  • Isa 54:1
    71%

    1Zion Will Be Secure“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:5
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    5The well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman has given birth to seven, but the one with many children has declined.

  • Jer 16:3
    71%

    3For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

  • Job 24:21
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    21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    71%

    56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

    57and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children(since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

  • Hos 9:12
    71%

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

  • Matt 23:38-39
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    70%

    38Look, your house is left to you desolate!

    39For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

  • Luke 13:35
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    35Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

  • Luke 19:43-44
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    43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

    44They will demolish you– you and your children within your walls– and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

  • Jer 4:31
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    31In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, reaching out for help, saying,“I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers!”

  • Isa 51:18-19
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    18There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.

    19These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?

  • Jer 22:23
    69%

    23You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

  • Isa 65:23
    69%

    23They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.

  • Deut 28:41
    69%

    41You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.

  • Prov 30:16
    69%

    16the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said,“Enough!”

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

  • Isa 66:11
    69%

    11For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

  • Luke 6:21
    69%

    21“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  • Matt 2:18
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    18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”

  • Jer 31:29
    69%

    29The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah“When that time comes, people will no longer say,‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’

  • Jer 15:9
    69%

    9The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,” says the LORD.

  • John 16:21
    68%

    21When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • Lam 4:10
    68%

    10י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.

  • Jer 14:16
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    16The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”

  • Jer 31:15
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    15The LORD says,“A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”

  • Hos 13:13
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    13The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

  • Deut 7:14
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    14You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

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    23Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

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    9“Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD.“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.