# distress as in the birth

This simile is used to show how greatly distressed Judah will be. Alternate translation: "severe distress as in the pain and suffering a woman has while giving birth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])

# the daughter of Zion

God shows his love for the people of Jerusalem by speaking of them as a daughter. Alternate translation: "my dear daughter, Zion" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Woe to me

"I am in great danger"

# I am fainting

"I am becoming weak"