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.

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?

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 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.

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?

The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.

I hear a cry like the cry of a woman having a baby. I hear a groan like someone having her first child. It’s the cry of the people of Zion struggling to breathe. They reach out their hands and say,“ Help us! We’re fainting! Murderers are about to kill us!”

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests rule by their own authority. And my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”

All the women who are left in your palace will be brought out. They’ll be given to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you,“‘ Your trusted friends have tricked you. They have gotten the best of you. Your feet are sunk down in the mud. Your friends have deserted you.’

Hezekiah gladly received the messengers. He showed them what was in his storerooms. He showed them the silver and gold. He took them to where the spices and the fine olive oil were kept. He showed them where he kept all his weapons. And he showed them all his treasures. In fact, he showed them everything that was in his palace and in his whole kingdom.Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah. Isaiah asked him,“ What did those men say? Where did they come from?”“ They came from a land far away,” Hezekiah said.“ They came to me from Babylon.”Isaiah asked,“ What did they see in your palace?”“ They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said.“ I showed them all my treasures.”

What will you do on the day when the Lord punishes you? On that day trouble will come from far away. Who will you run to for help? Who will you trust your riches with?

We have heard reports about them. And our hands can’t help us. We are suffering greatly. It’s like the pain of a woman having a baby.

Then will you say,‘ I am a god’? Will you say that to those who kill you? You will be only a human being to those who kill you. You will not be a god to them.

Ask and see. Can a man give birth to children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach? Each of them is acting like a woman having a baby. Every face is as pale as death.

Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. You are comfortable in your cedar buildings. But you will groan when pain comes on you. It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.

People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.

The vision fills my body with pain. Pains take hold of me. They are like the pains of a woman having a baby. I am shaken by what I hear. I’m terrified by what I see.

Kerioth will be captured. Its forts will be taken. At that time the hearts of Moab’s soldiers will tremble in fear. They will be like the heart of a woman having a baby.

Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- Pileser. He was king of Assyria. The message of Ahaz said,“ I am your servant. You are my master. Come up and save me from the power of the kings of Aram and Israel. They are attacking me.”