6. Can men give birth?Then why do I see themlooking so paleand clutching their stomachslike women in labour?
7. My people, soon you will sufferworse than ever before,but I will save you.
8. Now you are slavesof other nations,but I will break the chainsand smash the yokesthat keep you in slavery.
9. Then you will be my servants,and I will choose a king for youfrom the family of David.
12. The Lord said:My people, you are woundedand near death.
13. You are accused of a crimewith no one to defend you,and you are covered with soresthat no medicine can cure.
16. But if your enemies try to robor destroy you,I will rob and destroy them,and they will be led as captivesto foreign lands.