Isaiah 21:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 A harsh vision has been announced to me:
“The traitor betrays,
the despoiler spoils.(A)
Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media;[a]
put an end to all its groaning!”(B)
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish,
pangs have seized me like those of a woman in labor;
I am too bewildered to hear,
too dismayed to look.(C)
4 My mind reels,
shuddering assails me;
The twilight I yearned for
he has turned into dread.(D)
Footnotes
- 21:2 Elam…Media: nations which, under the leadership of Cyrus, captured Babylon in 539 B.C. End to all its groaning: those who were captive of Babylon will be freed.
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