In travail — When the scripture would express any exquisite sorrow, it doth it by a woman in travail. First child — Which is usually the most painful. Spreadeth her hands — According to the use of persons in great anguish, clapping or wringing their hands together.
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Jeremiah 4:31
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.