31 For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child.
The voice of the daughter of Zion (A)gasping for breath,
(B)Stretching out her [a]hands, saying,
“Ah, woe to me, for [b]I faint before murderers.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:31 Lit palms
  2. Jeremiah 4:31 Lit my soul faints

24 We have (A)heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
(B)Anguish has seized us,
Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

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23 You who live in Lebanon,
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when sharp pains come on you,
(A)Pain like a woman in childbirth!

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