Matthew 24:19
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
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- Deut 28:53-56 : 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,
- 2 Sam 4:4 : 4 Now Saul’s son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.
- 2 Kgs 15:16 : 16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. He even ripped open the pregnant women.
- Lam 4:3-4 : 3 ג(Gimel) Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness. 4 ד(Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
- Lam 4:10 : 10 י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.
- 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 13:17-18 : 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.
- Luke 21:23 : 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.
- Luke 23:29-30 : 29 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!’ 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills,‘Cover us!’
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- Mark 13:14-196 verses95%
14The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.
16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
17Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
18Pray that it may not be in winter.
19For 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 21:20-245 verses90%
20The Desolation of Jerusalem“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
21Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,
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.
24They 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.
- Matt 24:20-223 verses82%
20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
21For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.
22And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
- Luke 23:28-303 verses81%
28But Jesus turned to them and said,“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29For 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!’
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains,‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills,‘Cover us!’
- Matt 24:15-184 verses80%
15The Abomination of Desolation“So when you see the abomination of desolation– spoken about by Daniel the prophet– standing in the holy place”(let the reader understand),
16“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,
18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
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3Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
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2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
- Deut 28:56-572 verses73%
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.
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8They panic– cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.
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31On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.
- Matt 24:7-82 verses72%
7For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8All these things are the beginning of birth pains.
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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.
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19These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?
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24The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;
- Matt 24:39-413 verses71%
39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
40Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.
41There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.
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24The people cry out,“We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
- Jer 30:6-72 verses70%
6Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale?
7Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.
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10י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.
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29The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
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25“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- Luke 19:43-442 verses70%
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.”
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11Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves– put sackcloth on your waist!
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37For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
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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!”
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35For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.
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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!
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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!”
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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.