Why the Entire World Ought to Have Woe in Bible Versus Quran?
Nations that deserve Woe in the Bible:
There are many Woes to the Israelites that are mentioned in six verses, Woes to Jerusalem, the bloody city! In five verses then there are another five Woe that are allied to the Israelites ; and they are Woes to: 1) the shepherds of Israel, 2) Ephraim (one of the Israelites’ tribes), 3) Ariel, the city where David dwelt, 4) Zion and 5) the daughter of Zion.
Woes to the Israelites (in six verses):
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah 6:4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Lamentations 5:16
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Hosea 7:13
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Jude 1:11
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Woes to Jerusalem, the bloody city! The filthy, polluted, and oppressing city! (In five verses):
Jeremiah 13:27
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Ezekiel 24:6
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Ezekiel 24:9
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Woe to the shepherds of Israel
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Woe to Ephraim (one of the Israelites’ tribes).
Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Woe to Ariel, the city where David dwelt
Isaiah 29:1
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion
Amos 6:1
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Woe to the daughter of Zion
Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! For my soul is wearied because of murderers.
In addition, then there are a dozen of Woes that are distributed unto 1) Moab, 2) Philistines, 3) Assyrian, 4) the land which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, 5) those who go to Egypt, 6) Babylon, 7) Cherethites!, 
the land of the Philistines, 9) Unrepentant Cities, 10) Chorazin!, 11) Bethsaida and 12) the multitude of many people.
Woes to Moab:
Numbers 21:29
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Jeremiah 48:1
Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
Jeremiah 48:46
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Woe to the Philistines
1 Samuel 4:7
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said; God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
1 Samuel 4:8
Woe unto us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? These are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
Woe to the Assyrian
Isaiah 10:5
[God’s Judgment on Assyria] “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
Woe to the land which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Woe to those who go to Egypt
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
‘Woe! Woe to Babylon, the great city, the city of power
Revelation 18:10
Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city of power! In one hour your doom has come!’
Revelation 18:16
And cry out: “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
Revelation 18:19
They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: “‘Woe! Woe, O great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!
Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites!, the land of the Philistines,
Zephaniah 2:5
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Woe on Unrepentant Cities
Matthew 11:20
[Woe on Unrepentant Cities] Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
Woe to Chorazin! And Bethsaida
Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Woe to the multitude of many people
Isaiah 17:12
Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
However, the most interesting feature is that there are three Woes (Woe, Woe, and Woe) to the inhabiters of the earth and to the entire world
Woe, Woe and Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
Revelation 8:13
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Woe to the entire world
Matthew 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Also, there are three more successive Woes!
Revelation 9:12
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Revelation 11:14
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
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Nations that deserve Woe in the Quran:
Although the Bible mentions Woes in relation to specific nations and places e.g. Israelites Jerusalem Ephraim Ariel, Zion, Moab, Philistines, Assyrian, Ethiopia, Egypt, Babylon, Cherethites, Chorazin, Bethsaida etc., however, the Quran never mentions any specific nation and/or place in relation to Woe. Allah is warning some kinds of people with Woe. Such people may be found in any nation and in any place.
Woe to the unbelievers for a terrible punishment, Woe to the unbelievers because of the Fire! Woe then to the unbelievers for their Day which they were promised! , Woe to those who disbelieve for the scene of a Dreadful Day, Woe to the idolaters, Woe to those who did evil among the punishment of a Painful Day and Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say: ‘This is from Allah, ‘ in order to gain a small price for it. So Woe to them for what their hands have written, and Woe to them for their earnings. It is obvious that the Quran is interesting in teaching us about the Day of Judgment and the Afterlife.
Woe to the unbelievers for a terrible punishment.
Surah: 14, Verse: 2
Allah to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Woe to the unbelievers for a terrible punishment.
Woe to the idolaters
Surah: 41, Verse: 6
Say (Prophet Muhammad): ‘I am only a human like you, to whom it is revealed that your God is One God. Therefore be straight with Him and ask Him to forgive you. Woe to the idolaters,
Woe to those who disbelieve for the scene of a Dreadful Day.
Surah: 19, Verse: 37
But the parties have fallen into variance among themselves, then woe to those who disbelieve for the scene of a Dreadful Day.
Woe to those who did evil among the punishment of a Painful Day.
Surah: 43, Verse: 65-66
[65] Yet the parties differed among themselves. So woe to those who did evil among the punishment of a Painful Day.
[66] are they looking for anything except the hour (to overtake them). it will come upon them all of a sudden while they do not perceive!
Woe to the unbelievers because of the Fire!
Surah: 38, Verse: 27 -28
[27] It was not in falsehood that We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. That is the thought of the unbelievers. But Woe to the unbelievers because of the Fire!
[28] Are we to make those who believe and do good works the same as those who corrupt the earth? are we to make the righteous as the wicked?
Woe to them for what their hands have written, and Woe to them for their earnings
Surah: 2, Verse: 79
Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say: ‘This is from Allah, ‘ in order to gain a small price for it. So Woe to them for what their hands have written, and Woe to them for their earnings.
Surah: 51, Verse: 60
Woe then to the unbelievers for their Day which they were promised!
Back to the main topic of my series of articles (1- 81); this is my question to you smart readers: “Is the Quran quoted from the Bible “?
.About the Author:
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
And,
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers
Posted: December 20th, 2007 under Lord, Allah, Quran, Bible, Day Of Judgment, Unbeliever, David, Zion, Philistines, Israel, Jerusalem, Egypt, Unbelievers, Evil, Afterlife, Ephraim, Moab, Assyrian, Ethiopia, Babylon, Idolaters.
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