OET interlinear JER 6:24

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) We have heard

(Some words not found in UHB: heard DOM of_it_of,the_report fall_helpless our=both_hands anguish it,took_hold_of_us pain like_(the),who]_gives_birth )

The word “We” probably refers to Jeremiah and the people of Judah.

(Occurrence 0) our hands fall limp in distress

(Some words not found in UHB: heard DOM of_it_of,the_report fall_helpless our=both_hands anguish it,took_hold_of_us pain like_(the),who]_gives_birth )

Alternate translation: [our hands are weak because we are anxious]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Anguish seizes us

(Some words not found in UHB: heard DOM of_it_of,the_report fall_helpless our=both_hands anguish it,took_hold_of_us pain like_(the),who]_gives_birth )

Feeling great anguish is spoken of as if the anguish grabs them. Alternate translation: [We feel terrible anguish]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) as a woman giving birth

(Some words not found in UHB: heard DOM of_it_of,the_report fall_helpless our=both_hands anguish it,took_hold_of_us pain like_(the),who]_gives_birth )

The anguish that they feel because the enemy coming to attack them is compared to the anguish that a woman feels when she is about to give birth to a baby. Alternate translation: [like a woman who is about to give birth]