Study it in the app“Writhe and push, daughter of Zion, like a woman giving birth, for now you will go out from the city and dwell in the field, and you will come as far as Babylon; there you will be rescued, there YHWH will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.”
Writheחוּלִיand push,וָגֹחִיdaughterבַּתof Zion,צִיּוֹןlike a woman giving birth,כַּיּוֹלֵדָהforכִּיnowעַתָּהyou will go outתֵצְאִיfrom the cityמִקִּרְיָהand dwellוְשָׁכַנְתְּin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהand you will comeוּבָאתas far asעַדBabylon;בָּבֶלthereשָׁםyou will be rescued,תִּנָּצֵלִיthereשָׁםYHWHיְהוָהwill redeem youיִגְאָלֵךְfrom the handמִכַּףof your enemies.אֹיְבָיִךְ
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “chuli” appearsburst out
Burst out, break forth suddenly, like water that bursts out.
Where else “gochi” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoleda” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetsi” appearstown, city
Town: a poetic way of saying "city."
Where else “kirya” appearsdwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachant” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vat” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “tinatseli” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsredeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “yigale” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kaf” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvayi” appears1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
9Now why do you raise a shout? Is there no king in you? Or has your counselor perished, that pain has seized you like a woman giving birth?
10 · This verse (above)
11And now many nations have gathered against you, who say, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze on Zion.”
