The nations will hear ¹  and tremble; anguish ²  will seize ³  the inhabitants of Philistia.

a trembling ¹  gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake. ² 

And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, ¹  was seized with fear. ² 

The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor.

The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear ¹  when he hears news of their coming. ²  Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby. ³ 

Great ¹  fear gripped ²  the whole church ³  and all who heard about these things.

The people cry out, ¹  “We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! ²  Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw. ¹ 

Look at them shake uncontrollably, ¹  like a woman writhing in childbirth. ² 

Jerusalem, why are you ¹  now shouting so loudly? ²  Has your king disappeared? ³  Has your wise leader ⁴  been destroyed? Is this why ⁵  pain grips ⁶  you as if you were a woman in labor?

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

“And now my soul pours itself out within me; ¹  days of suffering take hold of me.

For ¹  Peter ²  and all who were with him were astonished ³  at the catch of fish that they had taken,

Then all the color drained from the king’s face ¹  and he became alarmed. ²  The joints of his hips gave way, ³  and his knees began knocking together.

Water engulfed me up to my neck; ¹  the deep ocean ²  surrounded me; seaweed ³  was wrapped around my head.

Then ¹  they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. ²  And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

Then ¹  astonishment ²  seized them all, and they glorified ³  God. They were filled with awe, ⁴  saying, “We have seen incredible ⁵  things ⁶  today.” ⁷ 

As ¹  he was saying this, a cloud ²  came ³  and overshadowed ⁴  them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

Then ¹  they were all astonished at the mighty power ²  of God.But while the entire crowd ³  was amazed at everything Jesus ⁴  was doing, he said to his disciples,

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped ¹  all who heard about it.