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The Fall of Babylon

21 An oracle about the Wilderness by the Sea.

Like windstorms that sweep through the Negev,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrifying place.
An ominous vision has been shown to me.
The betrayer betrays; the destroyer destroys.
Elam, attack! Media, lay siege![a]
I will bring all her groaning to an end.

That is why I am full of anguish.
Pain has taken hold of me,
    like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am stunned by what I hear,
terrified by what I see.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:2 These countries are in present-day Iran.