Jeremiah 30:6

“Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? etc.] Look into the histories of former times, inquire of those most versed in them, whether ever there was such a thing in the world as that a man should travail with child; ask one and, another you see in distress, whether that is their case or not, which looks so much like it; and since there never was such an instance, nor is it possible that there should: wherefore do I see every man with his hands his loins, as a woman in travail; the usual posture of women in such a condition, trying hereby to abate their pain, and ease themselves. This metaphor is made use of, both to express the sharpness and shortness of this distress; as…”

“Ask--Consult all the authorities, men or books, you can, you will not find an instance. Yet in that coming day men will be seen with their hands pressed on their loins, as women do to repress their pangs. God will drive men through pain to gestures more fitting a woman than a man (Jer 4:31; Jer 6:24). The metaphor is often used to express the previous pain followed by the sudden deliverance of Israel, as in the case of a woman in childbirth (Isa 66:7-9). paleness--properly the color of herbs blasted and fading: the green paleness of one in jaundice: the sickly paleness of terror.”

“a man: Heb. a male every: Jer 4:31, Jer 6:24, Jer 13:21, Jer 22:23, Jer 49:24, Jer 50:43; Psa 48:6; Isa 13:6-9, Isa 21:3; Dan 5:6; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9, Mic 4:10; Joh 16:21, Joh 16:22; Th1 5:3 paleness: Isa 29:22; Joe 2:6; Nah 2:10 Jeremiah 30:7”