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Jeremiah 8:19
Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away:“ Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?”“ Why have they aroused my anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?” (niv)
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Isaiah 3:1-7
See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.“ I will make mere youths their officials; children will rule over them.”People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say,“ You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!”But in that day he will cry out,“ I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.” (niv)
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Isaiah 13:8
Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. (niv)
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Isaiah 26:17
As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, Lord. (niv)
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Hosea 3:4
For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods. (niv)
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Lamentations 4:20
The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations. (niv)
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Jeremiah 30:6-7
Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale?How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it. (niv)
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Isaiah 21:3
At this my body is racked with pain, pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; I am staggered by what I hear, I am bewildered by what I see. (niv)
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Hosea 10:3
Then they will say,“ We have no king because we did not revere the Lord. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?” (niv)
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Hosea 13:10-11
Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said,‘ Give me a king and princes’?So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away. (niv)
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Jeremiah 22:23
You who live in‘ Lebanon,’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor! (niv)
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Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor. (niv)
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Jeremiah 4:21
How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? (niv)