Isaiah 13:8 kjv
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah 13:8 nkjv
And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.
Isaiah 13:8 niv
Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
Isaiah 13:8 esv
They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
Isaiah 13:8 nlt
and people are terrified.
Pangs of anguish grip them,
like those of a woman in labor.
They look helplessly at one another,
their faces aflame with fear.
Isaiah 13 8 Cross References
| Verse | Text | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Isaiah 13:8 | "They are terrified; pangs of labor seize them, pains like those of a woman in childbirth; they writhe in anguish and look aghast at one another, their faces aflame." | Strong Connection |
| Jeremiah 6:24 | "They have heard the report of it; their hands grow nerveless. Anguish grips them, pain like that of a woman in labor." | Echoes theme of anguish |
| Jeremiah 22:23 | "Live in Lebanon, build your dwellings among the cedars. How you will cry out when pangs of anguish come upon you, when labor pains begin!" | Parallels childbirth pain |
| Jeremiah 30:6 | "Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, every face drained of color?" | Similar imagery of suffering |
| Jeremiah 49:22 | "Like an eagle he will swoop down, spreading his wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor." | Prophecy of judgment |
| Jeremiah 50:43 | "The king of Babylon will hear the report of them, and his hands will drop from weakness; anguish will seize him, pain like a woman’s pain." | Doom for oppressors |
| Hosea 13:13 | "Pains like those of labor come upon him, but he is an uncuttable child, for he is not wise enough to come forth for his first birth." | Contrast of labor pain |
| Matthew 24:8 | "All these are the beginning of birth pains." | Fulfillment in future woes |
| Mark 13:8 | "Nations will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains." | Kingdom conflict and pain |
| Revelation 12:2 | "She was pregnant and was crying out in the agony of giving birth." | Woman in travail symbolism |
| Revelation 18:7 | "Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never mourn.’" | Reciprocity of judgment |
| Nahum 2:10 | "She is empty, void and devastated. Hearts melt, knees knock together, and intense pain is in every one of their bodies, their faces are contorted." | Depicts complete devastation |
| 2 Samuel 19:4 | "The king, overcome, went weeping to the top of the Mount of Olives. As he went, he wept, with his head covered and his feet bare." | King's deep grief |
| Psalms 48:6 | "Terror overcame them there, pain like that of childbirth." | Divine judgment description |
| Psalms 114:5 | "Why were you in alarm, O sea, and you rivers of Jordan, or you mountains, that you skipped like rams?" | Nature's response to God |
| Proverbs 31:30 | "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised." | Contrasts external with internal |
| Lamentations 1:2 | "She weeps bitterly in the night; her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her and become her enemies." | Description of desolation |
| Lamentations 2:10 | "The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground." | Shared grief and mourning |
| Song of Songs 8:5 | "Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother bore you; there she who bore you writhed in pain." | Mother's labor of love |
| Isaiah 42:14 | "For a long time I have held my peace, I have been silent and restrained. But now I cry out like a woman in labor, I pant and gasp and spread out." | God's eventual outcry |
| Isaiah 66:7-9 | "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such events? Can a land be born in a single day, or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor she delivered her children. Do I bring to the point of birth and yet not deliver? says the LORD. Or do I bring to birth and yet close the womb? says your God." | God's mighty deliverance |
Isaiah 13 verses
Isaiah 13 8 Meaning
The verse vividly depicts the intense emotional distress and physical suffering experienced during a time of divine judgment and impending doom. The people are overwhelmed with fear, panic, and overwhelming sorrow, akin to the pains of childbirth, signifying a destructive and painful end.
Isaiah 13 8 Context
Isaiah chapter 13 prophesies the judgment of God against Babylon. This prophecy is set within the broader context of God's dealings with nations and His people. Babylon was a formidable empire that would eventually conquer and exile