Jeremiah 4:31
31 In fact, ▼▼ The particle כִּי (ki) is more likely asseverative here than causal.
I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby.
It is the cry of Daughter Zion ▼
▼ Jerusalem is personified as a helpless maiden.
gasping for breath, reaching out for help, ▼
▼ Heb “spreading out her hands.” The idea of asking or pleading for help is implicit in the figure.
saying, “I am done in! ▼ My life is ebbing away before these murderers!”
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