Jeremiah 49:22

See, someone will attack like an eagle, and swoop down and spread his wings over Bozrah. 1 Then on that day, the hearts of Edom's soldiers will become like the heart of a woman in birth labor.” 1

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In The King James Version

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

In Context

21At the sound of their falling the earth shakes. The sound of distressed shouts is heard at the Sea of Reeds. 1

23About Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad will be ashamed, for they have heard news of disaster. 1 They melt away! They become as troubled as the sea, which cannot stay calm. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:49Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle flies to its victim, a nation whose language you do not understand;

Isaiah 13:8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. 1

Isaiah 26:17As a pregnant woman nears the time for her to give birth, 1 when she is in pain and cries out in her labor pains, 1 so we have been before you, Lord. 1

Jeremiah 4:31So I hear the sound of anguish, distress as in the birth of a firstborn child, the sound of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath. She spreads out her hands, 'Woe to me! I am fainting because of these murderers.'”

Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when God sets over you those you had trained to be your special allies? 1 Are these not the beginnings of the labor pains that will seize you just like a woman in childbirth? 1

Jeremiah 30:6Ask and see if a man bears a child. 1 Why do I see every young man with his hand on his loins like a woman bearing a child? 1 Why have all their faces become pale? 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23

The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →

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