Isaiah 13:7-8

13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp,

every human heart loses its courage.

13:8 They panic –

cramps and pain seize hold of them

like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.

They look at one another in astonishment;

their faces are flushed red.


tn Heb “drop”; KJV “be faint”; ASV “be feeble”; NAB “fall helpless.”

tn Heb “melts” (so NAB).

tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.