Foretells judgment and restoration for Jerusalem and emphasizes doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with God.
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
"Why are you shouting so loudly? Don't you have a king? Has your advisor disappeared? Because you're experiencing pain like a woman giving birth."