Ask now, and see,
    can a man bear a child?
(A)Why then do I see every man
    with his hands on his stomach (B)like a woman in labor?
    (C)Why has every face turned pale?
Alas! (D)That day is so great
    (E)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

“And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord of hosts, that I will (F)break his (G)yoke from off your neck, and I will (H)burst your bonds, (I)and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:8 Or serve him

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