Luke 21:23

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

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In The King James Version

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

In Context

22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

24They will fall by the edge of the machaira ·machete, small sword knife·, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem [City of peace] will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, + 21:44. Quoted from Is 8:14-15 but if it falls on him, he will crushed to dust.” + 21:44. Quoted from Dan 2:34, 2:44

Mark 13:17But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

Luke 19:43For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29

Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →

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