Jeremiah 4:31 - Exposition

For I have heard a voice , etc. This explains the preceding statement, "They will seek thy life." It is this murderous plot which calls forth the "cry as of a woman in pangs." Bewaileth herself; rather, sigheth deeply . Her hands; literally, her palms . Is wearied because of murderers; rather, fainteth into the hands of (literally, is treaty unto ) the murderers .