A (A)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (B)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (C)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [a]the groaning she has caused.
For this reason my (D)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (E)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
My [b]mind reels, [c]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (F)turned into trembling for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning
  2. Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
  3. Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering

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