Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Disaster threatens Jerusalem from the north. God has rejected and forsaken this generation; they practice deceit from prophet to priest and heal wounds superficially crying 'Peace, peace' when there is no peace. The watchmen are instructed to look for the …
Other Translations
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
Cross References
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that …
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by …
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with …
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great …
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, …
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot …
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth …
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief …
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon …