"And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak [as] water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD."

Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of [them;] They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces [will be like] flames.

We have heard the report of it; Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor.

Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,