Mark Chapter 13 verse 17 Holy Bible
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
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And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.
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But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!
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But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
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But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
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`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! Women in this condition would be specially objects of pity, for they would be more exposed to danger. The words, "Woe to them (οὐαι)!" are an exclamation of pity, as, though it was said, "Alas! for them." Josephus (7:8) mentions that some mothers, constrained by hunger during the siege, devoured their own infants!