ישעיהו יג:ח פירוש: רש״י ואבן עזרא

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.