³¹ “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in ^[a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She ^(A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is ^[b]weary
Because of murderers!’

⁴¹ “Behold,^(A) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
^42 (B)They shall hold the bow and the lance;
^(C)They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
^(D)Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

⁴³ “The king of Babylon has ^(E)heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in ^(F)childbirth.