Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Anguish
General references
Bible References
We have
Jeremiah 4:6 “Lift up a standard toward Zion!
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringingevil from the north,
And great destruction.
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing
And great destruction.
Isaiah 28:19 “As often as it passes through, it will seize you;
Formorning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will besheer terror to understand what it means.”
For
And it will be
Ezekiel 21:6
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
Habakkuk 3:16 I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters mybones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I mustwait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must
Anguish
Jeremiah 4:31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
Thecry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
Stretching out her hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, forI faint before murderers.”
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The
“Ah, woe is me, for
Jeremiah 13:21 “What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Formercompanions to be head over you?
Will notpangs take hold of you
Like a woman in childbirth?
And you yourself had taught them—
Former
Will not
Like a woman in childbirth?
Jeremiah 22:23 “You who dwell in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
Pain like a woman in childbirth!
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
Jeremiah 30:6 ‘Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins,as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins,
And why have all faces turned pale?
Jeremiah 49:24 “Damascus has become helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
Distress and pangs have taken hold of her
Like a woman in childbirth.
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
Like a woman in childbirth.
Jeremiah 50:43 “The king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.
And his hands hang limp;
Agony like a woman in childbirth.
Psalm 48:6 Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as ofa woman in childbirth.
Anguish, as of
Proverbs 1:27 When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like awhirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
And your calamity comes like a
When distress and anguish come upon you.
Isaiah 21:3 For this reason my loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of awoman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Pains have seized me like the pains of a
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Micah 4:9 “Now, why do you cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has yourcounselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
General references
Isaiah 26:17 As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Lord.