Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 13:8

“And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.”

“Third, as to the disturbance of the heart, which is disturbed in three ways. According to its inner state, either as to cheerfulness: and every heart of man shall melt; or as to magnanimity: and shall be broken, as though divided into little pieces; or as to security, by the distress of fear: gripings: there were pains as of a woman in labor (Ps 48:8). Second, it is troubled as to lack of help: every one shall be amazed at his neighbor, as though, because of their amazement, they cannot bring help. As to the outward sign: their countenances shall be as faces burnt, because of the pallor of fear; or literally, because they were killed with such a death: their face is now made blacker than coals (Lam 4:8); the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle (Nah 2:10).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.