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Matthew 24:19

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

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ASV

But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

KJV

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οὐαὶouaiWoeG3759 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
ταῖςtaisto thoseG3588 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
γαστρὶgastriwomb [pregnancy]G1064 →
ἐχούσαιςechousaishavingG2192 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ταῖςtaisto thoseG3588 →
θηλαζούσαιςthēlazousaisnursing infantsG2337 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ἐκείναιςekeinaisthoseG1565 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ἡμέραις.hēmeraisdays.G2250 →

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Luke 23:29–30Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’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!’Deuteronomy 28:53–56Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.Mark 13:17–18How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!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.Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.Lamentations 4:3–4Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.Ecclesiastes 4:3But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.2 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.Hosea 9:14Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!1 Samuel 1:23“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.Deuteronomy 28:53Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.2 Kings 15:16At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.Jeremiah 16:2“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

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