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.

我们听见他们的风声，手就发软；痛苦将我们抓住，疼痛仿佛产难的妇人。

我们听见这样的风声，手就发软；痛苦将我们抓住，疼痛仿佛临产的妇人。

我们听见这样的风声，手就发软；痛苦将我们抓住，疼痛仿佛临产的妇人。

我们听到这风声，手脚发软，痛苦万分，如分娩的妇人。

我们听到有关他们的消息，手就发软；痛苦紧紧抓住我们，我们疼痛好像正在生产的妇人。

我們聽見他們的風聲，手就發軟；痛苦將我們抓住，疼痛彷彿產難的婦人。

我們聽見這樣的風聲，手就發軟；痛苦將我們抓住，疼痛彷彿臨產的婦人。

我們聽見這樣的風聲，手就發軟；痛苦將我們抓住，疼痛彷彿臨產的婦人。

我們聽到這風聲，手腳發軟，痛苦萬分，如分娩的婦人。

我們聽到有關他們的消息，手就發軟；痛苦緊緊抓住我們，我們疼痛好像正在生產的婦人。

我們聽見他們的風聲，手就發軟；產難的感覺將我們抓住，我們掙扎疼痛像生產的婦人。

我既聞其風聲、手則弱焉、痛苦迫我、憯怛若臨產之婦、

先知曰、我聞其聲、已喪厥膽、我懷憂戚、若婦將產。

我儕已聞其風聲、手俱疲弱、手俱疲弱或作已皆喪膽甚為恐懼、悲痛慘怛、若婦臨產、

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

We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.

We have heard reports about the enemy, and we wring our hands in fright. Pangs of anguish have gripped us, like those of a woman in labor.

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

We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

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

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

We have heard about it, and we are discouraged. Distress has seized us— pain like a woman in labor.

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

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!

We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.

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 people of Damascus have become weak. They have turned to run away. Panic has taken hold of them. Suffering and pain have taken hold of them. Their pain is like the pain of a woman having a baby.

The king of Babylon has heard reports about them. His hands can’t help him. He is in great pain. It is like the pain of a woman having a baby.

I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.One trouble follows another. The whole land is destroyed. In an instant my tents are gone. My home disappears in a moment.How long must I look at our enemy’s battle flag? How long must I hear the sound of the trumpets?

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.

As often as it comes, it will carry you away. Morning after morning, day and night, it will come to punish you.” If you understand this message, it will bring you absolute terror.

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.

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.

I listened and my heart pounded. My lips trembled at the sound. My bones seemed to rot. And my legs shook. But I will be patient. I’ll wait for the day of trouble to come on Babylon. It’s the nation that is attacking us.

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.

“ Groan, son of man! Groan in front of your people. Groan with a broken heart and bitter sorrow.They will ask you,‘ Why are you groaning?’ Then you will say,‘ Because of the news that is coming. The hearts of all the people will melt away in fear. Their hands will not be able to help them. Their spirits will grow weak. And they will be so afraid they’ll wet themselves.’ The news is coming! You can be sure those things will happen,” announces the Lord and King.

Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”Lions have come out of their dens. Those who destroy nations have begun to march out. They have left their place to destroy your land completely. Your towns will be broken to pieces. No one will live in them.So put on the clothes of sadness. Mourn and weep over what has happened. The Lord hasn’t turned his great anger away from us.“ A dark day is coming,” announces the Lord.“ The king and his officials will lose hope. The priests will be shocked. And the prophets will be terrified.”

Trembling took hold of them. They felt pain like a woman giving birth.

I will laugh when hard times hit you like a storm. I will laugh when danger comes your way like a windstorm. I will make fun of you when suffering and trouble come.“ Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

Why are you crying out so loudly now? Don’t you have a king? Has your ruler died? Is that why pain comes on you like the pain of a woman having a baby?People of Zion, groan with pain. Cry out like a woman having a baby. Soon you must leave your city. You must camp in the open fields. You will have to go to the land of Babylon. But that’s where the Lord will save you. There he will set you free from the power of your enemies.