Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
pangs—The Hebrew means also a "messenger." HORSLEY, therefore, with the Septuagint translates, "The heralds (who bring word of the unexpected invasion) are terrified." MAURER agrees with English Version, literally, "they shall take hold of pangs and sorrows."
woman . . . travaileth— (I Thessalonians 5:3).
amazed—the stupid, bewildered gaze of consternation.
faces . . . flames—"their visages have the livid hue of flame" [HORSLEY]; with anguish and indignation.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 13:8:
Job 18:20
Isaiah 21:3
Isaiah 51:2
Jeremiah 48:41
Ezekiel 5:12
Joel 2:6
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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