And these are the words that the Lord spake And which God ordered to be written: and those promises, which were written by his order, are as truly his word as the ten commandments, which were written with his finger. We have heard a voice of trembling Such a one as discovers great fears and apprehensions of impending evils. Ask ye now and see, &c. Make diligent inquiry, and ask every one, whether they ever knew or heard of any such thing as a man's travailing with child? Wherefore then do I see every man with his hands on his loins As if he were going to bring forth, and felt all the pains of a woman in travail? Alas! for that day is great The word day in Scripture often comprehends a succession of time, in which a whole series of events is transacted: so it here contains the whole time of the siege and taking of Jerusalem, the destruction of the city and temple, and the carrying away of the people captive. This is described as a time of great tribulation, in which it was an earnest of the day of judgment, the great and terrible day of the Lord.
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4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,a and not of peace.
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a manb doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.