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Jeremiah 4:31

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

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ASV

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

KJV

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
ק֨וֹלKola soundH6963 →
כְּחוֹלָ֜הke.cho.Lahlike a sick [woman]H2470 →
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
צָרָה֙tza.RahdistressH6869 →
כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔הke.mav.ki.Rahlike a [woman] bearing a first childH1069 →
ק֧וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
צִיּ֛וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726 →
תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַtit.ya.Pe.achshe is gasping for breathH3306 →
תְּפָרֵ֣שׂte.fa.Resshe is spreading outH6566 →
כַּפֶּ֑יהָka.Pei.hahands herH3709 →
אֽוֹי־'o-woe!H188 →
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994 →
לִ֔יLito <the> me
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
עָיְפָ֥ה'a.ye.Fahit is wearyH5888 →
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself myH5315 →
לְהֹרְגִֽים׃ פle.ho.re.Gimto murderersH2026 →

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Matthew 2:18“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”Lamentations 1:17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!Isaiah 26:17As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.Hosea 13:13Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.Matthew 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”Jeremiah 10:19Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”Lamentations 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.Jeremiah 6:23–24They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”Isaiah 42:14“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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