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The Pain of Childbirth
Commentators explain that the comparison of the Babylonians' pain to a woman in labor is a common biblical metaphor. It powerfully conveys two aspects of their suffering: its extreme intensity and its shocking suddenness. For a people who felt utterly secure, God's judgment would be both overwhelming and completely unexpected.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 13:8
18th Century
Theologian
They shall be in pain as a woman who travails - This comparison is often used in the Scriptures to denote the deepest possible pain…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 13:8
16th Century
Theologian
Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them. The word צירים (tzirim), being ambiguous, the Greek translators render it ambassad…
John Gill
On Isaiah 13:8
17th Century
Pastor
And they shall be afraid Troubled, dismayed, frightened, at the sudden taking of the city, and at the sight of Cyrus's tr…
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Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 13:6–18
17th Century
Minister
We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terribl…