Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(A)

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Trembling seized(A) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(B)

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Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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Fear (A)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

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They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.(A)
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.

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Terror(A) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip(B) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.(C)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.(D)

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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

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And they will be afraid.
(A)Pangs[a] and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.

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  1. Isaiah 13:8 Sharp pains

Therefore I am[a] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.(A)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.

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  1. 21:3 Lit my waist is, or my insides are

At this my body is racked with pain,(A)
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;(B)
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered(C) by what I see.

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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

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Therefore (A)my loins are filled with pain;
(B)Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.
I was [a]distressed when I heard it;
I was dismayed when I saw it.

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  1. Isaiah 21:3 Lit. bowed

14 “I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained myself.(A)
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,(B)
gasping breathlessly.

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14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

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Promise of the Lord’s Help

14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in [a]labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.

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  1. Isaiah 42:14 childbirth

24 We have heard about it,
and our hands have become weak.
Distress has seized us—
pain, like a woman in labor.(A)

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24 We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.(A)
Anguish(B) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(C)

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24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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24 We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
(A)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in [a]labor.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:24 childbirth

The Destiny of Jerusalem

21 What will you say when he appoints
close friends as leaders over you,
ones you yourself trained?
Won’t labor pains seize you,(A)
as they do a woman in labor?

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21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?(A)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?(B)

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21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

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21 What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not (A)pangs seize you,
Like a woman in [a]labor?

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  1. Jeremiah 13:21 childbirth

23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.(A)

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  1. 22:23 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied

23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](A)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(B) like that of a woman in labor!

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  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?

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  1. Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth