⁶ Trembling seized^(A) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(B)

¹³ Pains as of a woman in childbirth^(A) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time^(B) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.^(C)

⁶ Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,^(A)
    every face turned deathly pale?^(B)
7 How awful that day^(C) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble^(D) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved^(E) out of it.

³ At this my body is racked with pain,^(A)
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;^(B)
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered^(C) by what I see.

⁶ Wail,^(A) for the day^(B) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction^(C) from the Almighty.^[a](D)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(E)
    every heart will melt with fear.^(F)
8 Terror^(G) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip^(H) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(I)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.^(J)

¹⁵ The chiefs^(A) of Edom^(B) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,^(C)
the people^[a] of Canaan will melt^(D) away;
¹⁶     terror^(E) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone^(F)—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought^[b](G) pass by.^(H)