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Jer 4:31, as giving a reason, is introduced by כִּי. Zion's attempts to secure the goodwill of the enemy are in vain, for already the prophet hears in spirit the agonized cry of the daughter of Zion, who beseechingly stretches out her hands for help, and falls exhausted under the assassin's strokes. חֹולָה, partic. Kal faem. from חוּל; see Ew. §151, b, and Gesen. §72, Rem. 1. צָרָה, in parallelism with קֹול and dependent on "I hear," means cry of anguish. הִתְיַפֵּחַ, breathe heavily, pant, sign. תְּפָרֵשׂ is joined asynd. with the preceding word, but is in sense subordinate to it: she sighs with hands spread out; a pleading gesture expressing a prayer for protection. עָיֵף, be exhausted, here = sink down faint, succumb to the murderers.