Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt; and they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames—the vivid depiction of the psychological and emotional impact of the day of the LORD, with universal fear and anguish overwhelming the population. The comparison to the pain of childbirth suggests intensity and inevitability, while the reddening of faces indicates the heat and intensity of the divine judgment. This verse emphasizes the universal terror that accompanies God's judgment.

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