Jeremiah 30:6

Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: ¹  Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like ²  a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale?

Ps 48:6; Isa 13:6-9; Isa 21:3; Isa 29:22; Jer 4:31; Jer 6:24; Jer 13:21; Jer 22:23; Jer 49:24; Jer 50:43; Da 5:6; Ho 13:13; Joe 2:6; Mic 4:9,10; Na 2:10; Joh 16:21,22; 1Th 5:3

¹ tn Heb “Ask and see/consider.”

² tn Heb “with their hands on their loins.” The word rendered “loins” refers to the area between the ribs and the thighs.