“We have heard its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 6 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.