² A dire^(A) vision has been shown to me:
    The traitor betrays,^(B) the looter takes loot.
Elam,^(C) attack! Media,^(D) lay siege!
    I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

³ At this my body is racked with pain,^(E)
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;^(F)
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered^(G) by what I see.
⁴ My heart^(H) falters,
    fear makes me tremble;^(I)
the twilight I longed for
    has become a horror^(J) to me.

²⁴ We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.^(A)
Anguish^(B) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(C)