Mark 13:8
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many places, and famines. These are the beginnings of birth pains.
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2 Chronicles 15:6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city, for God troubled them with all kinds of suffering.
Isaiah 19:2“I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians: A man will fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor; 1 city will be against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 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 25:32Yahweh of hosts says this, 1 'See, disaster is going out from nation to nation, 1 and a great storm is beginning from the farthest parts of the earth. 1
Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon heard the reports about them and his hands fell limp in distress. 1 Anguish seized him like a woman giving birth. 1
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:6-14
Great Afflictions Foretold. 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 9… Read the whole commentary →