Deuteronomy 28:57 describes women eating afterbirth and children in siege — directly echoes the woe on pregnant/nursing women.

Lamentations 2:20 asks if women should eat their children — echoes extreme distress for mothers in judgment.

Lamentations 4:10 describes compassionate women boiling their own children — ultimate horror for mothers, matching the woe.

Hosea 13:16 says pregnant women will be ripped open — direct violence against the unborn, intensifying the woe.

Matthew 24:19 is the parallel account with identical wording — same prophecy of woe for pregnant/nursing women.

In Luke 21:23, the same warning for pregnant and nursing women appears in the parallel account of the Olivet Discourse, emphasizing the distress of Jerusalem's fall.

In Luke 23:29, Jesus pronounces blessing on the childless in the coming days—a stark contrast to the woe for mothers in Mark 13:17, showing reversal of normal values.

Lamentations 4:3 contrasts jackals nursing young with cruel mothers — reflects breakdown of normal care for infants.

Lamentations 4:4 shows infants' tongues sticking from thirst — highlights suffering of little ones in disaster.

Hosea 9:14 prays for miscarrying wombs and dry breasts — a curse to avoid the pain of having children in judgment.