Matthew 24:19
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
In Context
18nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
20Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
Cross References
Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their children dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
Luke 21:23Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →