פירוש על ישעיהו 13:8

pangs and throes (צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים) These are expressions of pains of a woman who kneels to give birth, for the hinges (צִירִים) of her womb break apart to open.

פני להבים A face of flames. A face burnt by the intensity of the pains. According to others: The face of the Lehabim;⁹Comp. Genesis 10:13. Lehabim being the name of a nation similar to the Ethiopians.

they shall writhe Heb. יְחִילוּן. חִיל, חַלְחָלָה are expressions of shivering.

each man shall be amazed at his fellow The Babylonians will be amazed at those who advanced against them, for they are peculiar.

their faces are faces of flames A nation whose faces are red and very frightful, [or alternatively, because they are a pensive people, and he compares the Babylonians to them because of the amazement.]