⁶ Ask and see:
    Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
    with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,^(A)
    every face turned deathly pale?^(B)

¹⁰ “‘So do not be afraid,^(A) Jacob my servant;^(B)
    do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save^(C) you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,^(D)
    and no one will make him afraid.^(E)

⁶ At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;^(A)
    every face turns pale.^(B)

²¹     Do not be afraid,^(A) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(B)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(C)