Jeremiah 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 49:22, the labor-pain simile describes Edom's warriors, showing this metaphor recurs for multiple nations under judgment.
Jer 49:37 describes dismay and sword on Elam, paralleling the terror and judgment on Damascus in v24.
In Jeremiah 4:31, Zion's cry is compared to labor pains, mirroring Damascus's anguish with the same prophetic image.
In Jeremiah 6:24, 'anguish like a woman in labor' describes Jerusalem's fear, reinforcing the same metaphor.
In Jeremiah 30:6, men are depicted with labor pains, intensifying the metaphor for the day of the Lord's judgment.
In Jeremiah 48:41, Moab's warriors have hearts like a woman in labor, using the same simile for judgment.
Jer 50:43 uses the same 'feeble hands' and 'pain like childbirth' imagery for Babylon, mirroring Damascus' panic.
Hosea 13:13 uses childbirth pain as a metaphor for judgment on Israel, echoing the same image for Damascus.