9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
Micah 4:9
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Hosea 13:9–11
9 You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper. 10 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? 11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
Jeremiah 15:4–6
4 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem. 5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? 6 You have forsaken…
Jeremiah 4:30–31
30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. 31 For I hea…
2 Esdras 16:16–18
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2 Esdras 10:6–8
6 “You most foolish woman, don’t you see our mourning, and what has happened to us? (WEB) 7 For Zion the mother of us all is full of sorrow, and much humbled. (WEB) 8 It is right now to mourn deeply, since we all mourn, and to be sorrowful, since we are all in sorrow, but you ar… (WEB)
Jeremiah 30:14–16
14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. 15 Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Becaus…
Jeremiah 30:5–7
5 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace. 6 Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? 7 How awful that day wil…
Jeremiah 46:14–16
14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’ 15 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them do…
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