What will you say when the LORD appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.

耶和华立你自己所交的朋友为首，辖制你，那时你还有什么话说呢？痛苦岂不将你抓住像产难的妇人吗？

耶和华立你自己所教导的盟友，立他们为头来辖制你，你还有什么话可说呢？痛苦岂不将你抓住像临产的妇人吗？

耶和华立你自己所教导的盟友，立他们为头来辖制你，你还有什么话可说呢？痛苦岂不将你抓住像临产的妇人吗？

耶和华让你结交的盟友来统治你，你还有什么话可说？难怪你痛苦不堪，就像分娩的妇人。

耶和华立你自己结交（“结交”原文作“教导”）的盟友为首领管辖你，那时，你还有什么话说呢？痛苦岂不把你抓住，好像妇女生产时的痛苦一样吗？

耶和華立你自己所交的朋友為首，轄制你，那時你還有甚麼話說呢？痛苦豈不將你抓住像產難的婦人嗎？

耶和華立你自己所教導的盟友，立他們為頭來轄制你，你還有甚麼話可說呢？痛苦豈不將你抓住像臨產的婦人嗎？

耶和華立你自己所教導的盟友，立他們為頭來轄制你，你還有甚麼話可說呢？痛苦豈不將你抓住像臨產的婦人嗎？

耶和華讓你結交的盟友來統治你，你還有什麼話可說？難怪你痛苦不堪，就像分娩的婦人。

耶和華立你自己結交（“結交”原文作“教導”）的盟友為首領管轄你，那時，你還有甚麼話說呢？痛苦豈不把你抓住，好像婦女生產時的痛苦一樣嗎？

他們立你自己所慣視為良友的為首來轄制你，那你還有甚麼話說呢？痛苦豈不將你抓住，像抓住生產的婦人一樣呢？

爾所交之友朋、耶和華立之為首、以制爾時、尚有何詞、豈不痛苦、若臨產之婦乎、

爾素尊之為君長、及遭其難、尚有何詞、豈非劬勞、若婦臨產。

爾素視為良友者、倘主使彼為首以轄爾、爾尚有何言、爾豈非如婦臨產、痛苦難堪、

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

You have worked hard to make special friends. But the Lord will let them rule over you. Then what will you say? Suffering will take hold of you. It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.

What will you say when they set as head over you those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you? Will not pangs take hold of you like those of a woman in labor?

What will you say when the Lord takes the allies you have cultivated and appoints them as your rulers? Pangs of anguish will grip you, like those of a woman in labor!

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

What will you say when He appoints over you— And you yourself had taught them— Former companions to be head over you? Will sharp pains not take hold of you Like a woman in childbirth?

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

What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

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

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?

What will you say, when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?

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.

In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, reaching out for help, saying,“ I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers!”

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying,‘ Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’

Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him,“ What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied,“ They come from the distant land of Babylon.”Isaiah asked,“ What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied,“ They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”

What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

The people cry out,“ We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

Will you still say,“ I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale?

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Now when they are saying,“ There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying,“ I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”