<p class="poetry">The people cry out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We have heard reports about them!p> <p class="poetry">We have become helpless with fear!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Anguish grips us,p> <p class="poetry">agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!p>

<p class="poetry">The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee.p> <p class="poetry">Panic will grip them.p> <p class="poetry">Pain and anguish will seize themp> <p class="poetry">like a woman in labor.p>

<p class="poetry">The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he hears news of their coming.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Anguish will grip him,p> <p class="poetry">agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?p> <p class="poetry">Why then do I see all these strong menp> <p class="poetry">grabbing their stomachs in pain like<n id="2" /> a woman giving birth?p> <p class="poetry">And why do their facesp> <p class="poetry">turn so deathly pale?p>