8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

This prophecy describes the moment when the Lord has had enough. He will assemble a massive, multi-nation army to attack Babylon and destroy its land.

New International Version Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each ...

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another ...

8 Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; ...

They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

People are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.

Isaiah 13:8. And they shall be afraid. Troubled, dismayed, frightened, at the sudden taking of the city, and at the sight of Cyrus's troops marching up into ...

Isaiah 13:8 is a powerful and evocative verse that conveys the intense fear and suffering that will be experienced as a result of God's judgment.