Mark 13:17

17 Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard.

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 if you're working in the yard, don't go back to the house to get anything;

16 if you're out in the field, don't go back to get your coat.

17 Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard.

18 Hope and pray this won't happen in the middle of winter.

19 "These are going to be hard days - nothing like it from the time God made the world right up to the present. And there'll be nothing like it again.