Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 13:8, people writhe in labor pains at the day of the Lord, the same metaphor for anguish used here.
In Isaiah 16:11, the prophet's inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab, directly paralleling the physical anguish here.
In Isaiah 26:17, the community groans like a woman in labor, the identical image of birth pangs expressing distress.
In Jeremiah 49:22, Edom's warriors are seized with birth-pain anguish, the same simile for sudden terror.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:3, sudden destruction comes like labor pains, paralleling the sudden judgment in Isaiah's vision.
In Habakkuk 3:16, trembling and fear seize the prophet—a vivid physical reaction matching the dismay and pangs here.
In Micah 4:10, the labor pain imagery continues, linking distress to eventual redemption from Babylon.
In Micah 4:9, the same labor pain metaphor describes Zion's distress, echoing the anguish of Isaiah's vision.
In Jeremiah 50:43, the king of Babylon feels pain like a woman in labor, mirroring the prophet's labor-pang description.
In Jeremiah 48:41, Moab's warriors have hearts like a woman in birth pains, directly echoing the labor-pain imagery.
In Psalm 48:6, kings experience anguish like a woman in labor, the same metaphor for terror and pain.
Jeremiah 30:6 pictures men with hands on stomach like a woman in labor — a parallel use of the labor pain metaphor.
Jeremiah 13:21 asks if pangs like a woman in labor will take hold — the same simile used here for the prophet's pain.
Jeremiah 6:24 describes anguish and pain as of a woman in labor — identical imagery to the pangs in this verse.
In Ezekiel 21:6, the prophet is commanded to groan with breaking heart—mirroring the physical anguish of labor pains described here for divine judgment.
Micah 1:8 shows the prophet lamenting and wailing physically over judgment—matching the bowed, dismayed posture of Isaiah here.
Jeremiah 4:31 uses the same image of a woman in labor crying out — a direct echo of the pangs described here.
Jeremiah 4:19 cries 'My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!' — a direct verbal parallel to the labor pangs and anguish in this verse.
Nahum 2:10 directly echoes 'anguish in all loins' and trembling hearts—virtually the same phrase describing panic in judgment.
In Psalm 69:23, darkened eyes and trembling loins closely match Isaiah's 'cannot see' and loins filled with anguish.
In Genesis 3:16, labor pains originate as a curse, while Isaiah uses them as a metaphor for judgment anguish.
Hosea 13:13 uses the same birth-pang metaphor but for Ephraim's failure to be born again—a different application of the shared image.
In Daniel 5:6, Belshazzar's physical shaking and dismay parallel Isaiah's bodily reaction to divine revelation.
Amos 8:10 describes God turning feasts into mourning, similar to the prophet's own dismay—both depict overwhelming grief under judgment.