Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 49:13 declares Bozrah's desolation—the same city where the eagle descends, grounding the metaphor in a specific judgment.
Jeremiah 49:24 uses the same 'woman in travail' simile for Damascus, extending the panic metaphor to another nation.
Jeremiah 48:40 uses the exact same phrase: an eagle spreading its wings against Moab — nearly identical judgment language against a neighboring nation.
In Jeremiah 48:41, warriors' hearts become like a woman in labor — the identical simile for Moab's terror, directly matching Edom's description here.
Jeremiah 50:43 uses the identical 'pangs as of a woman in travail' for Babylon's king, mirroring Edom's terror here.
In Jeremiah 4:13, the invader comes like an eagle — the same bird of prey imagery for swift judgment, here against Judah, there against Edom.
Jeremiah 4:31 uses the same labor-pain metaphor for Jerusalem, linking Edom's terror to the anguish of God's own people.
Jeremiah 6:24 also compares fear to a woman in travail, here for Judah facing invasion, reinforcing the idiom.
Jeremiah 13:21 uses the 'woman in travail' simile for Judah's punishment, showing the metaphor's recurrence in judgment contexts.
Jeremiah 30:6 uses the 'woman in travail' image for Jacob's trouble, linking Edom's panic to Israel's future distress.
Jeremiah 22:23 applies the same labor-pain image to a ruler in Lebanon, expanding the metaphor's use to proud inhabitants.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 uses 'travail upon a woman' to describe sudden destruction, directly paralleling this judgment imagery.
Isaiah 21:3 uses the same 'pangs of a woman' metaphor for terror at Babylon's fall, echoing the image of Edom's dread here.
Isaiah 13:8 directly compares fear to a woman in labor for Babylon, exactly mirroring the simile used for Edom.
Obadiah 1:9 declares Edom's mighty men will be dismayed and cut off, directly paralleling the terror described here.
Deuteronomy 28:49 warns of a nation swift as an eagle — the same metaphor for a distant invader, now applied to Edom's destruction.
Isaiah 26:17 applies the childbirth pain metaphor to Israel's distress, contrasting with Edom's terror of judgment here.
Hosea 8:1 uses the same eagle-as-judgment image, but against Israel for covenant breaking, showing a common prophetic motif.
Amos 1:12 pronounces fire on Bozrah (Edom), reinforcing the judgment on Edom but without the labor metaphor.