Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 6:24

"We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail." — Jeremiah 6:24 (ASV)

The effect upon the Jewish people of the news of Nebuchadnezzar's approach.

Become weak — Are relaxed. It is the opposite of what is said in Jeremiah 6:23 of the enemy, They lay hold etc. Terror makes the hands of the Jews hold their weapons with nerveless grasp.