Every person will be afraid. Their fear will cause their stomachs to hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby. Their faces will become red like fire. The people will be amazed because this look of fear will be on all their neighbors’ faces.
Jeremiah 48:41 - Easy To Read Version The towns of Moab will be captured.\par The strong hiding places will be defeated.\par At that time, Moab’s soldiers will be scared,\par like a woman that is having a baby.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Kerioth [and the cities] shall be taken and the strongholds seized; and the hearts of the mighty warriors of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs [in childbirth]. American Standard Version (1901) Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. Common English Bible The towns will be captured; the strongholds will be seized. On that day, the heart of every soldier from Moab will be like that of a woman in the throes of labor. Catholic Public Domain Version Kerioth has been captured, and the fortifications have been taken. And in that day, the heart of the strong ones of Moab will be like the heart of a woman giving birth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Carioth is taken and the strongholds are won: and the heart of the valiant men of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in labour. |
Every person will be afraid. Their fear will cause their stomachs to hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby. Their faces will become red like fire. The people will be amazed because this look of fear will be on all their neighbors’ faces.
I saw those terrible things, and now I am scared. My stomach hurts because of my fear. That pain is like the pain of giving birth. The things I hear make me very afraid. The things I see make me shake with fear.
“Ask this question, and consider it:\par Can a man have a baby? Of course not!\par Then why do I see every strong man\par holding his stomach\par like a woman having labor pains?\par Why is every person’s face turning white\par like a dead man?\par \{Why? Because the men are very scared.\}\par
I hear a cry like a woman having a baby.\par It is a scream like a woman\par that is having her first baby.\par It is the cry of the Daughter of Zion. {\cf2\super [32]} \par She is lifting her hands in prayer, saying,\par “Oh! I am about to faint!\par Murderers are all around me!”\par
The Lord says,\par “At the time this happens,\par the king and his officers\par will lose their courage,\par the priests will be scared,\par the prophets will be shocked.”\par
Judgment has come to the towns of\par Kerioth and Bozrah.\par Judgment has come to all the towns of\par Moab, far and near.\par
The Lord will be like an eagle\par flying over the animal that it will attack.\par The Lord will be like an eagle\par spreading its wings over Bozrah.\par At that time, Edom’s soldiers\par will become very scared.\par They will be crying from fear\par like a woman having a baby.\par
The city of Damascus has become weak.\par The people want to run away.\par The people are ready to panic.\par The people feel pain and suffering\par like a woman having a baby.\par
Sword, kill the horses and chariots of Babylon.\par Sword, kill all the soldiers hired\par from other countries.\par Those soldiers will be\par like frightened women.\par Sword, destroy the treasures of Babylon.\par Those treasures will be taken away.\par
The king of Babylon\par heard about those armies.\par And he became very scared.\par He is so afraid,\par his hands will not move.\par His fear makes his stomach hurt\par like a woman having a baby.”\par
Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting.\par They stay in their forts.\par Their strength is gone.\par They have become like scared women.\par Babylon’s houses are burning.\par The bars of her gates are broken.\par
We have heard the news about that army.\par We are helpless from fear.\par We feel trapped by our troubles.\par We are like a woman that is having a baby.\par
So I will start a fire in Moab. And that fire will destroy the high towers of Kerioth. {\cf2\super [33]} There will be terrible shouting and the sounds of a trumpet, and Moab will die.
People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly. Destruction will come like the pains of a woman who is having a baby. And those people will not escape.