Yesaya 13:8

Konteks

13:8 They panic –

cramps and pain seize hold of them

like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.

They look at one another in astonishment;

their faces are flushed red.¹

Yesaya 21:3

Konteks

21:3 For this reason my stomach churns;²

cramps overwhelm me

like the contractions of a woman in labor.

I am disturbed³ by what I hear,

horrified by what I see.

Konteks

26:17 As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver

and strains and cries out because of her labor pains,

so were we because of you, O Lord.

[13:8] ¹tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.

[21:3] ²tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”

[21:3] ³tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”