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Mark 13:17 Cross-References
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“But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!”
Mark 13:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 13:17
Woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! The Greek ouai (οὐαί, 'woe') expresses grief, not curse. Jesus mourns the hardship pregnant women and nursing mothers will face during Jerusalem's destruction. Fleeing urgently (vv. 15-16) proves especially difficult for those physically hindered—late pregnancy limits mobility; nursing infants require care. The practical difficulty intensifies suffering.This reveals Jesus' compassion—He doesn't merely prophesy judgment but feels sorrow for those suffering it. He wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41-44). God takes no pleasure...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 13:17
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“the days are coming in which they will say”
“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
“And woe unto them that are with child”
“who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness”
“and wrath to this people.”
“and their pregnant women will be ripped open.,Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up., תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרוֹן כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיּוֹתָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ פ ,Samaria shall bear her guilt, For she hath rebelled against her God; They shall fall by the sword; Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child shall be ripped up.,14:1 ἀφανισθήσεται σαμάρεια ὅτι ἀντέστη πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῆς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται αὐτοί καὶ τὰ ὑποτίτθια αὐτῶν ἐδαφισθήσονται καὶ αἱ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαι αὐτῶν διαρραγήσονται,14:1 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women and child ripped up.,,,,”
“cry out in the night”
“Give them”
“they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel”