Lexicon :: Strong's G5604 - ōdin

When the peoples hear, they will shudder;

anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

“Today I will begin to put the fear and dread of you on the peoples everywhere under heaven. They will hear the report about you, tremble, and be in anguish because of you.’

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labor pains came on her.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! ”

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster[fn] come on them?

Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

Do you know when mountain goats give birth?

Have you watched the deer in labor?

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;

the torrents of destruction terrified me.

Trembling seized them there,

agony like that of a woman in labor,

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,

and the torments of Sheol overcame me;

I encountered trouble and sorrow.

They will be horrified;

pain and agony will seize them;

they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.

They will look at each other,

their faces flushed with fear.

Therefore I am[fn] filled with anguish.

Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.

I am too perplexed to hear,

too dismayed to see.

As a pregnant woman about to give birth

writhes and cries out in her pains,

so we were before you, LORD.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace. It is as if children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;

before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

We have heard about it,

and our hands have become weak.

Distress has seized us —

pain, like a woman in labor.

I am broken by the brokenness

of my dear people.

I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

What will you say when he appoints

close friends as leaders over you,

ones you yourself trained?

Won’t labor pains seize you,

as they do a woman in labor?

You residents of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan[fn] when pains come on you,

agony like a woman in labor.

The king of Babylon has heard about them;

his hands have become weak.

Distress has seized him —

pain, like a woman in labor.

Doom[fn] has come on you,

inhabitants of the land.

The time has come; the day is near.

There will be panic on the mountains

and not celebration.

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird:

no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

Labor pains come on him.

He is not a wise son;

when the time comes,

he will not be born.[fn]

Now, why are you shouting loudly?

Is there no king with you?

Has your counselor perished

so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Desolation, decimation, devastation!

Hearts melt,

knees tremble,

insides churn,

every face grows pale!