³¹ “For I have heard a voice as of a woman in ^[a]labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She ^(A)spreads her hands, saying,
‘Woe is me now, for my soul is ^[b]weary
Because of murderers!’

²⁴ We have heard the report of it;
Our hands grow feeble.
^(A)Anguish has taken hold of us,
Pain as of a woman in ^[a]labor.