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 helpless;
She has turned away to flee,
And panic has gripped her;
^(A)Distress and pangs have taken hold of her
Like a woman in childbirth.