Isaiah 13:8
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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
In other translations
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Hebrew words
וְנִבְהָלוּ׀venivhaluand they will be terrifiedH926צִירִיםtzirimpangsH6735וַחֲבָלִיםvachavalimand painsH2256יֹאחֵזוּןyochezunthey will seize [them] !H270כַּיּוֹלֵדָהkaiyoledahlike <the> [woman] giving birthH3205יְחִילוּןyechilunthey will be in anguish !H2342אִישׁ'isheachH376אֶל־'el-toH413רֵעֵהוּre'ehuneighbor hisH7453יִתְמָהוּyitmahuthey will look in astonishmentH8539פְּנֵיpenei[will be] faces ofH6440לְהָבִיםlehavimflamesH3851פְּנֵיהֶם׃peneihemfaces theirH6440
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Related verses
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