⁶ Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins, ^(A)as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?

²⁴ Damascus has become limp in their hands;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has taken hold of her;
^(A)Distress and pangs have seized her
Like a woman in childbirth.