Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale.
Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!
They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood.
For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
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