Isaiah 3:1-7 describes the removal of king and counselors — the exact situation lamented here.

Isaiah 13:8 uses the same 'woman in labor' metaphor for anguish, deepening the imagery of distress.

Isaiah 21:3 also describes pangs like a woman in labor, sharing the childbirth pain analogy for terror.

Isaiah 26:17 compares the people's struggle to a pregnant woman's labor pains, echoing the same metaphor.

Jeremiah 8:19 asks the same question about the king's absence from Zion — directly parallels this lament.

Jeremiah 22:23 uses 'pain as of a woman in labor' to describe judgment on the inhabitant of Lebanon.

Jeremiah 30:6 uses the same labor-pain imagery for distress, echoing this metaphor of anguish.

Hosea 13:10 similarly asks where the king and rulers are, reinforcing the theme of lost leadership.

Jeremiah 50:43 applies the labor pain image to the king of Babylon, showing the metaphor's use for foreign nations.

Lamentations 4:20 describes the capture of the king (Zedekiah), which explains the lament 'is there no king?'

Hosea 3:4 prophesies a period without a king — the same condition lamented in this verse.

Hosea 10:3 echoes the 'no king' lament, as the people admit their king cannot help because they lack fear of the LORD.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 compares sudden destruction to labor pains on a pregnant woman, similar sudden distress.

Mark 13:8 calls end-time woes 'beginning of birth pains,' applying the same labor metaphor to future tribulation.

Jeremiah 48:41 compares Moab's warriors' hearts to a woman in labor, echoing Micah's metaphor for anguish.

Jeremiah 6:24 uses the same 'pain as of a woman in labor' imagery to describe national distress.

Hosea 13:11 reveals that God gave and took away the king in anger, explaining the reason behind the king's absence.

Genesis 3:16 introduces pain in childbearing as a curse, which prophets later use as an image for distress.

Hosea 13:13 also uses birth pangs but for Ephraim's foolish failure to emerge, not just pain.