I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Therefore all hands shall be faint, and every man's heart shall melt;

Make the weak hands strong, and make the feeble knees secure.

We have heard the rumor of it; our hands become feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.

The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands became feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in labor.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not, Zion. Do not let your hands be weak.

saying, Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to do homage to Him.

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.