Isaiah 13:8 meaning and explanation
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Isaiah 13:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah speaks God's word against Babylon, the great empire of his day, describing the terror that will fall when the Day of the LORD arrives. The Hebrew word for terror carries the sense of being gripped or held fast, and the image of labor pains is a common prophetic picture of sudden, inescapable distress.
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