Matthew Chapter 24 verse 19 Holy Bible
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
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But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.
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But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.
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And woe unto 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 nursing mothers 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 19. - Woe unto them that are with child! The Lord, while he counsels flight, has a word of compassion for those poor mothers who are forced to have recourse thereto. The circumstances mentioned would impede flight and greatly increase danger and distress. The sufferings of mothers and children in the siege are narrated by the historian, and even such horrors as are indicated in Deuteronomy 28:53-56 were not unknown (see Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 5:10, 3; 6:3, 4; Eusobius, 'Hist. Eccl.,' 3:6, 7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) Woe unto them.--Better, alas for them, or woe for them. The tone is that of pity rather than denunciation. The hardships of a hurried flight would press most heavily on those who were encumbered with infant children, or were expecting childbirth. The same tenderness of sympathy shows itself in the words spoken to the daughters of Jerusalem in Luke 23:28-29. Perhaps the words point to the darker horrors of the siege, when mothers were driven, in the frenzy of starvation, to feed on their infants' flesh (Jos. Wars, vi. 3, ? 4).
