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Luke 21:23

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

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ASV

Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

KJV

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΟὐαὶOuaiBut woeG3759 →
ταῖςtaisto thoseG3588 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
γαστρὶgastriwomb [pregnancy]G1064 →
ἐχούσαιςechousaishavingG2192 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ταῖςtaisto the [ones]G3588 →
θηλαζούσαιςthēlazousaisnursingG2337 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ἐκείναιςekeinaisthoseG1565 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ἡμέραις·hēmeraisdays;G2250 →
ἔσταιestaithere will beG1510 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἀνάγκηanagkēdistressG318 →
μεγάληmegalēgreatG3173 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
γῆςgēslandG1093 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὀργὴorgēwrathG3709 →
τῷtōto theG3588 →
λαῷlaōpeopleG2992 →
τούτῳ,toutōthis,G3778 →

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Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Mark 13:17How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!Deuteronomy 28:56–57The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter1 Peter 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.Hebrews 10:26–31If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,Hosea 9:14Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”Hebrews 9:12–17He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”Matthew 21:41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.Hebrews 13:16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.Jeremiah 16:2“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

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