Isaiah 13:8

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⁸They will be ^(A)terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will ^(B)writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.

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Isaiah 21:3

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³For this reason my ^(A)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a ^(B)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

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Jeremiah 30:6

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⁶Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his waist, ^(A)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?

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Micah 4:9-10

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⁹“Now, why do you ^(A)cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^(B)counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
¹⁰^(C)Writhe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^(D)go out of the city,
Live in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^(E)There you will be rescued,
^(F)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.