Jer 4:31 | NASB2020 | STEP | For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor , The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child . The voice of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath , Stretching out her hands , saying, “Ah , woe to me, for I faint before murderers .”

‏ Jeremiah 4:31

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