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Luke 21:23
But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
Luke 21:23 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 21:23 in other translations
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.
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
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 context
20 And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.
21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: and those who are in the midst thereof depart out: and those who are in the countries not enter into it.
22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.
23 But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captives into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles till the times of the nations be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves:
26 Men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved.
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