Mark 13:17

17 "How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.

Mark 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:17

But woe to them that are with child
Who because of their burdens, would be very unfit for, and very incapable of fleeing with any haste; and therefore very liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, and become their prey:

and to them that give suck in those days;
who could not bear to leave their children behind, and yet would not be able to carry them with them; at least not without great trouble, and which would much retard their flight, and endanger their being taken by the enemy; (See Gill on Matthew 24:19).

Mark 13:17 In-Context

15 Those who are on the roof should not come down to get anything out of their houses.

16 Those who are in the field should not turn back to get their coats.

17 "How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.

18 Pray that it will not be in winter.

19 It will be a time of misery that has not happened from the beginning of God's creation until now, and will certainly never happen again.