TSK · Daniel 5:9

Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth.

I have received a distressing message:“The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”

Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale?

Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.