Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 30 connects to 10 cross-references. The Book of Consolation begins: God will restore Israel and Judah from captivity. Jacob's distress is unlike any other but they will be saved from it. Their wounds are incurable from human treatment but God will restore health and heal …
Other Translations
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Ask, I pray you, and see, is a male bringing forth? Wherefore have I seen every man, His hands on his loins, as a travailing woman, And all faces have been turned to paleness?
Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?
Cross References
Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither …
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that …
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and …
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with …
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, …
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken …
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon …
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief …
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of …