³¹ For I heard a sound as of a woman in labor pains,
The distress as of one giving birth to her first child,
The sound of the daughter of Zion ^(A)gasping for breath,
^(B)Stretching out her ^[a]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for my soul faints before murderers.”

²⁴ We have ^(A)heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
^(B)Distress has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

²³ You who inhabit Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
^(A)Pain like a woman in childbirth!