Jeremiah 6:24

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 about it,

and our hands have become weak.

Distress has seized us—

pain, like 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 news of it,

our hands grow slack,

anxiety has grasped us,

pain as a woman who gives birth.

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