And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days.

Deuteronomy 28:56,57 The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter, . . .

Lamentations 2:19,20 Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the beginning of the watches: pour out thy heart like water, before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children, that have fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets. . . .

Lamentations 4:3,4,10 Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert. . . .

Hosea 9:14 Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.

Hosea 13:16 Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.

Matthew 24:19-21 And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those days. . . .

Luke 21:23 But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

Luke 23:29 For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have not given suck.