“We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”
The panic: 'We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.' This verse presents the response of Jerusalem's inhabitants: 'our hands hang limp' (weakness, inability to resist), 'anguish has gripped us' (psychological terror), 'pain like that of a woman in labor' (intense, overwhelming suffering). The phrase 'we have heard reports about them' indicates that the enemy's reputation has reached Jerusalem before their arrival, producing terror in advance of the actual siege. Theologically, this verse depicts the psychological and physical collapse that accompanies the approach of overwhelming military force.
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