Jer 4:31 | NASB1995 | STEP | For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor , The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child , The cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath , Stretching out her hands , saying , “ Ah , woe is me, for I faint before murderers .”

Jeremiah 4:31

31 For I heard a ^{▼▼ Lit sound}cry as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The ^{▼▼ Lit sound}cry of the daughter of Zion ^cgasping for breath,
^dStretching out her ^{▼▼ Lit palms}hands, saying,
“Ah, woe is me, for ^{▼▼ Lit my soul faints}I faint before murderers.”