Jeremiah 49:24
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Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.

anguish

Jeremiah 49:22 Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.

Context
The Judgment on Damascus
23Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest. 24Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.25How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy!…
Cross References
Matthew 24:8
Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Isaiah 13:8
And shall be broken. Gripings and pains, shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.

Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.

Jeremiah 50:43
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands are grown feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, pangs as a woman in labour.

Lexicon
Damascus
דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק (ḏam·me·śeq)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)

has become feeble;
רָפְתָ֥ה (rā·p̄ə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7503: Sink, relax

she has turned
הִפְנְתָ֥ה (hip̄·nə·ṯāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

to flee.
לָנ֖וּס (lā·nūs)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away

Panic
וְרֶ֣טֶט ׀ (wə·re·ṭeṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7374: A trembling, panic

has gripped her;
הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה (he·ḥĕ·zî·qāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

anguish
צָרָ֧ה (ṣā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6869: Tightness, a female rival

and pain
וַחֲבָלִ֛ים (wa·ḥă·ḇā·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

have seized her
אֲחָזַ֖תָּה (’ă·ḥā·zat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

like a woman in labor.
כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage


Additional Translations
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.Damascus is waxed feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her.

Damascus is grown feeble: she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Damascus hath become feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.
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