Jeremiah 13:21

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 4:31 also describes Zion's anguish as a woman in travail — the same metaphor for judgment.

Jeremiah 6:24 uses the identical 'pain as of a woman in travail' to describe the people's dread of invasion.

Jeremiah 22:23 uses the same childbirth-pain imagery for coming judgment on Jerusalem's leaders.

Jeremiah 30:6 again uses childbirth-pain imagery for the time of Jacob's trouble — reinforcing the same metaphor.

Jeremiah 48:41 also uses birth-pangs metaphor for Moab's judgment — same imagery of sudden terror.

Jeremiah 49:22 again uses birth-pangs metaphor for Edom's warriors — same prophetic language for judgment.

Jeremiah 5:31 also condemns false leaders and ends with a similar question: what will you do in the end?

2 Kings 16:7 Historical context

2 Kings 16:7 shows Ahaz voluntarily making Assyria his master — exactly the sin of teaching others to be captains over you.

Isaiah 13:8 Parallel

Isaiah 13:8 uses identical birth-pangs imagery for Babylon's fall — a common prophetic metaphor for divine judgment.

Isaiah 21:3 Parallel

Isaiah 21:3 describes the prophet's own anguish as birth pangs over Babylon's fall — same vivid comparison.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 applies the same birth-pangs metaphor to sudden eschatological destruction — a NT echo of OT judgment imagery.

Hosea 13:13 Parallel

Hosea 13:13 applies the same childbirth pain metaphor to Israel's failure to repent at the right time, deepening the judgment imagery.

Mark 13:8 Allusion

Mark 13:8 uses the same 'beginning of birth pains' metaphor for end-times distress, echoing this prophetic warning.

Genesis 3:16 introduces the pain of childbirth — the archetype Jeremiah later uses figuratively for judgment.

Isaiah 10:3 Parallel

Isaiah 10:3 asks a similar rhetorical question about what to do in the day of visitation and desolation from far.

Ezekiel 28:9 also uses a rhetorical 'will you say?' question when God brings judgment on a proud ruler.