Isaiah 21:3 uses the identical 'pangs like a woman in labor' to describe anguish, directly paralleling this oracle's terror imagery.

Isaiah 26:17 applies the labor metaphor to Israel's longing—different context, but the same figure of pangs links the verses.

Psalm 48:6 explicitly mentions 'pangs like a woman in labor,' exactly matching this verse's description of terror.

Jeremiah 30:6 asks about men in labor—using the same imagery of pangs and pale faces, directly echoing this judgment scene.

Daniel 5:6 describes Belshazzar's terror with physical symptoms — loins loosed, knees knocking — mirroring the fear and bodily reactions in Isaiah 13:8.

Nahum 2:10 shares multiple phrases — hearts melting, knees smiting, faces gathering blackness — almost identical description of panic at judgment.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 uses the same 'travail upon a woman with child' metaphor for sudden destruction, directly echoing Isaiah's judgment imagery.

Jeremiah 4:31 uses the same 'woman in travail' imagery for Zion's distress during judgment — a shared prophetic metaphor for anguish.

Jeremiah 13:21 warns that sorrows will take Israel 'as a woman in travail' — directly echoing Isaiah 13:8's pain metaphor.

Jeremiah 48:41 compares Moab's warriors' hearts to 'a woman in her pangs' — identical imagery for judgment on a foreign nation.

Jeremiah 49:22 says Edom's mighty men's hearts will be 'as the heart of a woman in her pangs' — same metaphor for Edom's fall.

Hosea 13:13 says 'sorrows of a travailing woman' shall come upon Ephraim — directly applying the birth-pain metaphor to Israel's rebellion.

Micah 4:9 asks Zion why she cries out, for 'pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail' — same imagery for Jerusalem's distress.

Genesis 3:16 introduces the curse of painful childbirth; Isaiah uses this as a metaphor for fear, linking judgment to the primordial curse.

Joel 2:6 describes people pained and faces gathering blackness — the same vivid imagery of terror before judgment that Isaiah uses.